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

[rcooley]

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:48:46 +0900
Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:

> 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. 

Well, BSD users are rather accustomed to being neglected/ignored,
espcially with all the Linux-specific software out there.  I think it's
just a conditioned response at this point.

> 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.

This is quite interesting...  First of all, NONE of the FreeBSD patches
I sent were applied.  That should tell you something.

Also, the only request I saw was AFTER the OpenBSD patches were already
sent...  I wouldn't have even thought to send in the patches, if not for
the request, because they are all easily available to anyone via CVS
(or CVS-Web).

Besides, there is a closed e-mail policy on -dev, is there not?  So you
are forcing all the ports maintainers to subscribe to this list, just so
they can send you their patches, which are publicly available for anyone
that looks.  

In other words, MPlayer, as an example, doesn't prove your point at all.