[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS documentation.html,1.241,1.242 faq.html,1.72,1.73 users_against_developers.html,1.15,1.16
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Sun May 5 07:04:58 CEST 2002
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
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Modified Files:
documentation.html faq.html users_against_developers.html
Log Message:
rpm/deb/licensing stuff removed/changed
Index: documentation.html
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<P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">1. GCC 2.96</A></LI>
- <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#binary">2. Binary packaging</A></LI>
- <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">3. NVidia opinions</A></LI>
- <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#kotsog">4. About Joe Barr</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">2. NVidia opinions</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#kotsog">3. About Joe Barr</A></LI>
</UL>
</P>
Index: faq.html
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Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section.
-It's <B>strongly</B> discouraged to use precompiled packages
-of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) <B>highly</B> depends on compile-time
-options and optimizations!
-Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team!
+There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
Index: users_against_developers.html
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</UL>
</P>
-<A NAME=binary><P><B><I>Binary distribution of MPlayer</I></B></P>
-
-<P>Tons of users asked us about this. For example Debian users tend to say: Oh,
-I can <CODE>apt-get install avifile</CODE>, why should I <B>compile MPlayer</B> ?
-While this may sound reasonable, the problem lies a bit deeper than
-those-fuckin-MPlayer-developers-hate-gcc-2.96-and-RedHat-and-Debian.</P>
-
-<P>Reasons: <B>Law</B></P>
-
-<P><B>MPlayer</B> describes the <U>sourcecode</U>. It contains several files with incompatible
-licenses especially on the redistribution clauses. As source files, they are
-allowed to coexist in a same project.</P>
-
-<P>Therefore, <U>NEITHER BINARIES NOR BINARY PACKAGES OF <B>MPlayer</B> ARE ALLOWED TO EXIST SINCE
-SUCH OBJECTS BREAK LICENSES</U>. PEOPLE WHO DISTRIBUTE SUCH BINARY PACKAGES ARE
-DOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.</P>
-
-<P>So if you know somebody who maintains a binary package then forward her/him
-this text and (ask him to) contact us. What (s)he is doing is illegal and IT IS
-NO LONGER <B>MPlayer</B>, but <U>his/her</U> mplayer. If it breaks, it is
-his/her fault. Don't come and cry on the <B>MPlayer</B> mailing lists, you will
-most likely be blacklisted.</P>
-
-<P>Reasons: <B>Technical</B></P>
-
-<P>
-<UL>
- <LI><B>MPlayer's</B> speed (MMX, SSE, fastmemcpy, etc) optimizations are
- determined during compilation. Thus a compiled binary contains very
- processor-specific code. An <B>MPlayer</B> binary compiled for K6 will die
- on Pentiums and vice versa. This has to be workarounded by runtime
- detection, which is not an easy thing to do becase it causes massive speed
- decrease. If you don't believe (it was explained in details 10000 times on
- mplayer-users, search the archive), solve it and send us a patch. Someone
- begun work on it, but disappeared since then.</LI>
- <LI><B>MPlayer's</B> video/audio system is not plugin based. It is compiled
- into the binary, thus making the binary depend on various libraries (the
- GUI depends on GTK, DivX4 depends on libdivxdecore, SDL depends on libSDL,
- every SDL release contains an unique bug that has to be workarounded during
- compiletime, X11 output compiles differently for X3 and X4, etc). You may
- say: yes, let's make 30 versions of downloadable binaries! We won't. We
- will make these stuff pluggable in the future.</LI>
-</UL>
-
-<P>We will (at least we wish) solve 2 of these problems in the next major release:
-the legal problems (we're on removing all non-GPL codes and getting others to
-change license to GPL) and the runtime CPU detection. Anyway, dependency on
-various libraries, versions and environment parameters will remain.</P>
-
-
<A NAME=nvidia><P><B><I>NVidia</I></B></P>
<P>We don't like nvidia's binary drives, their quality, unstability,
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