[MPlayer-dev-eng] mms:// saying "Core dumped ;)"

D Richard Felker III dalias at aerifal.cx
Mon Sep 20 17:30:12 CEST 2004


On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 04:21:44PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:44:30PM -0700, rcooley wrote:
> > > On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:56:40 +0100
> > > "J. Grant" <jg at jguk.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I wonder if there is a reason MSGTR_CoreDumped msg is displayed?
> > > 
> > > Because MPlayer devs have a perverse sense of humor!
> > 
> > maybe we could rename it to MSGTR_CoreDumpJoke so that people who
> > actually bother to read the source over this will have _some_ hope of
> > figuring out that it was a joke... :)
> 
> Or it's time to ask Diego to do some re-wording on that.
> For example: "Congratulations! The stream has been successfully saved
> for your entertrainment. Enjoy, and dont forget to donate!"

no, i'm strongly in favor of keeping the message. we could just put a
filter rule on the mailing list to bounce mails containing the string
"Core dumped ;)" with a message: "you are stupid!"

rich




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