Feedback! Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] Offer of help to get me started

[Struan Bartlett]

Balatoni Denes wrote:

>Hi!
>
>Thank god this last mistake could be easily corrected.
>
>  
>
>>Well you just made the added mistake of burying this (quite long and
>>confrontational) email at the bottom of an existing thread, rather
>>than starting a new thread. Perhaps that's for the best, though, so it
>>won't incite a flamewar...
>>
>>Rich
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>btw regarding the mail - this has been discussed before,  STFA ! :]
>
Thanks Balatoni!

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware this had been discussed before.

As to searching the fucking archives, I can't see any automated search 
facility on http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/. Is this 
where you expected me to look? If so, there's 82Mb of raw archives. Can 
you remember roughly when it was discussed, or any keywords that might 
help me grep for it?

I observe that if, after the last time this was discussed, the 
significant concerns raised and their outcomes had been placed in a 
highly visible 'Introduction to Developers' section on the web site, 
then I would have noticed it and read it. My need to write on that topic 
again, your need to read it and reply to it, my need to search the 
fucking archives and ask you where or when, your need to read the email 
and reply if you can, my need to download up-to 82Mb of raw archives (I 
pity the contributor on a dial-up) ... could have been entirely avoided!

Have you considered using a wikiweb for helping collate, organise and 
publish this kind of information? My company uses TWiki for precisely 
these purposes and it has proved highly effective. Or are you about to 
tell me you've already discussed it - and I should search the fucking 
archives!?! ;-)

Kind regards,

Struan