FFmpeg turmoil

Posted Jan 19, 2011 15:40 UTC (Wed) by xav (guest, #18536)
Parent article: FFmpeg turmoil

When I see this kind of piece of news, I'd really like to have a bit more journalistic work and explain a bit what happens.

Nevertheless it's interesting. I wonder if FFmpeg will have proper releases now, instead of everyone taking a dev snapshot.

Journalistic work

Posted Jan 19, 2011 15:43 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (2 responses)

Such "journalistic work" takes more time than has elapsed since the announcement went out. You may (or may not) get such work from LWN; we've not even thought about whether this event merits a full article yet. In the meantime, though, I thought it made sense to get the news out there.

Journalistic work

Posted Jan 19, 2011 15:52 UTC (Wed) by xav (guest, #18536) [Link] (1 responses)

Rest assured I fully appreciate how LWN is done. That was just a pipe dream, expressed aloud? I was thinking more of a few lines than a full article, but after reflexion maybe it'd be too slashdot-like.

Journalistic work

Posted Jan 19, 2011 21:34 UTC (Wed) by PaulWay (guest, #45600) [Link]

> Rest assured I fully appreciate how LWN is done. That was just a pipe dream, expressed aloud?

Maybe, to use the vernacular, patches welcome?

In other words, if you aren't satisfied, maybe this is your chance to do some research and write an article for LWN :-)

Alternately, I'd be careful of making strong statements about what LWN should (or shouldn't) do, even if you are a subscriber :-)

Have fun,

Paul

FFmpeg turmoil

Posted Jan 20, 2011 17:17 UTC (Thu) by kirkengaard (guest, #15022) [Link]

Actually, I think this three-link snapshot is excellent journalistic work, in terms of spotting a) the original announcement, b) the maintainer's response, and c) a bit of the PR of the new group. If I wanted to pursue more information, I have the names and places and a few of the threads to begin with.