[MPlayer-cvslog] r26411 - trunk/libmpdemux/demuxer.c

[The Wanderer]

The Wanderer wrote:

> Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
> 
>> On 6/4/08, Luca Barbato <lu_zero at gentoo.org> wrote:

>>> I object since I have no much data and this thread in cvslog is
>>> an ugly hydra with too much content even for the main ml.
>> 
>> Where have you been the last 2 months. On the moon? ;) Just start
>> reading, chronologically.
>> 
>> If you want summary.
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> Oh, Uoti confessed that he never intended to follow any MPlayer
>> rules.
> 
> For the record, this - and only this - is why I would consider it
> reasonable, or perhaps even obligatory, to remove his commit access.
> I do not, and TTBOMM never did, consider any of his actual commits to
> be that severe of an offense, except as they represent manifestations
> of this point. Some of them would be offenses, yes, but so far as I
> recall none of them - not even collectively - would be enough to
> justify kicking him out.
> 
> (I'm not sure why I'm bothering to mention this, since I'm not a
> developer and have no reason to expect any of those who are to value
> my opinion... but for some reason it feels worth mentioning anyway.)

I think I've figured out why I wanted to mention it.

 From my perspective, this is the single central issue at the core of all
of this; if this is not considered to be a problem, then there
effectively is no problem worth getting very excited about, certainly
none worth going on about as long as this has gone.

This issue has been raised a few times, by a few different people - all
of them, as far as I remember, among those making a (fuss, stink,
festering pit of flames) about the matters involved. I have not seen any
of the people not fitting that description address it, with the
exception of Uoti himself, and since he is the source of the issue he
cannot resolve it on his own short of conceding entirely.

Diego and the other people not in the "making a fuss" category seem to,
in general, be of the opinion that what problem there may have been has
been resolved, and there is no longer any remaining problem worth
discussing here.

 From my perspective, and I think that of at least a few other people,
this issue *is* a problem - indeed, as I said, the central problem - and
as far as I can tell not only has it not been resolved, it has not even
been acknowledged by those who consider the problem to be resolved.

I do not think that this matter will die down, at least not permanently,
unless and until this issue is dealt with.

-- 
       The Wanderer

Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
side of it.

Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.