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

[Attila Kinali]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:45:59PM -0700, rcooley wrote:
> 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.

I know how ignorant linuxer are, especialy those who are still new
to it. But then you should make your voice heard. Send patches to
the projects you use. Let them see that *bsd is an important platform
which needs some special care.
Just staying silent because noone knowsr/cares whether you exist or not
isnt a solution.

> > 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.

Rather noone got accepted.

> 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).

Already answered.

> 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.  

Uhm.. i expect a maintainer of a package/port for any software to follow
the development of it closely. This includes being subscribed on the
devel mailinglist. 


			Attila Kinali