Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/5] doc/developer: Add subsection about patch submission via FFstaging

[Lynne <dev@lynne.ee>]

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On 08/05/2025 14:26, softworkz . wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Lynne
>> Sent: Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2025 14:00
>> To: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org
>> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/5] doc/developer: Add subsection about
>> patch submission via FFstaging
>>
>> On 08/05/2025 13:33, softworkz . wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Lynne
>>>> Sent: Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2025 13:20
>>>> To: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/5] doc/developer: Add subsection about
>>>> patch submission via FFstaging
>>>>
>>>> On 08/05/2025 12:22, ffmpegagent wrote:
>>>>> Signed-off-by: softworkz softworkz@hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> softworkz (5):
>>>>>      doc/developer: Move checklist into Submitting Patches chapter
>>>>>      doc/developer: Move codecs/formats checklist into Development Policy
>>>>>        chapter
>>>>>      doc/developer: Reorder Submission procedures content
>>>>>      doc/developer: Merge Review paragraphs and deduplicate
>>>>>      doc/developer: Add subsection about patch submission via FFstaging
>>>>>
>>>>>     doc/developer.texi | 234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>>>>     1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> base-commit: 1b643e3f65d75a4e6a25986466254bdd4fc1a01a
>>>>> Published-As: https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg/releases/tag/pr-
>> ffstaging-
>>>> 76%2Fsoftworkz%2Fsubmit_website_update-v1
>>>>> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg pr-ffstaging-
>>>> 76/softworkz/submit_website_update-v1
>>>>> Pull-Request: https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg/pull/76
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>> We're not going to accept patches via github. Not when we're going to
>>>> enable the forgejo instance soon, as there's an agreement.
>>>
>>>
>>> This is not about patch acceptance on GitHub. It doesn't stand in
>> contradiction
>>> or competition to ForgeJo (which I do support moving to).
>>>
>>> It is simply a tool for sending patches to the mailing list. It has no value
>>> outside of the ML workflow. The service is public, everybody can use it,
>>> patches arrive on the ML - nobody needs to care where they're coming from
>>> or how they were generated.
>>>
>>> All my patches are going this route, btw.
>> You're free to use any tool you like. But this patchset makes it official.
>> Pointing out that it's just a service or a tool that anyone can run is
>> in conflict with the fact that.
> 
> Hey Lynne,
> 
> I'm afraid, I can't follow. What do you mean?
> 
> "..in conflict with the fact that"
> 
> - all my patches are going this route?
> - I'm free to use any tool I like?
> - this patchset makes it official that an online-version of "send-patch" exists?
> - it's just a service or a tool that anyone can run?
> 
> And which bad thing exactly does this patchset make official?

If its mentioned as part of our documentation, it's official.


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