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

[The Wanderer]

D Richard Felker III wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:29:34PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
>> The Wanderer writes:

>>> I have no problem with - and even greatly enjoy - pointless humor
>>> in random places in programs. What I object to is when such humor
>>> gets in the way of functionality - and for at the very least a
>>> significant minority of users, this message apparently does
>>> exactly that. Like anything else which obstructs functionality
>>> and can be removed at no practical cost, I would say that it
>>> almost certainly should.
>> 
>> Well spoken.
>> 
>> I'd say send in a patch, I would be inclined to commit it.
> 
> and i would be inclined to reverse it. :)
> with the dreaded "cvs admin -o"!! :))

This is at least half of the reason why I haven't sent anything in. (The
remainder being the question of exactly what change to make - the
earlier suggestion of just making it "Stream dumped" is about the only
thing which comes to mind, and that doesn't seem ideal.)

<flamebait mode=on>
Richard, are you really that strongly "fuck 'em" about the apparently
considerable number of users for whom this is just plain not either
clear or user-friendly? Because that's about the only conclusion I've
been able to reach from your attitude on this.
</flamebait>

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       The Wanderer

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