[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] FreeBSD DVD Fix

[Attila Kinali]

On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 05:09:44PM -0700, rcooley wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:20:11 +0900
> Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
 
> I would obviously choose the former, especially if I was just the
> MPlayer port maintainer (which I'm not BTW, in case anyone has the
> wrong idea), and had no standing to decide what happens with GCC.
> 
> Maybe it doesn't justify the patch being comitted to MPlayer, but it
> certainly does justify the patch being in the ports.

How about sending the gcc devels a bugreport ?

> > I really hate this BSD attitude to not touch any software that
> > comes from linux or has any connections to GNU.
> 
> I don't know where you get that idea.  There is plenty of GPL'd software
> in-use, being modified, etc.  Both in the base system and in ports.  The
> issue is that GCC is a huge and complex program, and nobody really wants
> to volunteer to fix it.  Would you like to tackle the job?  You'll be
> welcomed with open arms, I'm sure.

Use, yes. Feedback, no. And this comes from expirience.
I've meet too many bsd users who just use gpl or gnu code until they hit
a bug. Then the workaround it or use something else. But no bug is ever
reported. Or take MPlayer as an example, most bsds have huge ports
patches, although MPlayer is supposed to compile out of the box. Noone
of them were send upstream until we asked explicitly for them.


			Attila Kinali