[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [MP] [PATCH] making xvid options lavc compatible

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,

>>>Could anybody explain me why everybody gets excited about an option name
>>>change (which is just cosmetics, and may not be appreciated by XviD
>>>guys), and nobody comments on the patch I sent Sep 23 to support XviD
>>>1.1.x? 
>>
>>Very simple. Because in this case you need just to hit reply and write 
>>something, while commenting your patch is real work, you have to check 
>>and understand the code...
> 
> Yeah, that makes sense... Please me for being quite impatient, it's just
> that I wish someone could reply something similar to "I added that to my
> todo-list...".

I hate todo-lists, especially when it comes to reviewing patches as I 
can't estimate when/whether I will be able to understand it enough to 
commit or reject...

> Given that few MPlayer's developers seem to care about XviD, I'm
> wondering if I'm supposed to nag people (even if it's Attila's job ;-)

I sometimes feel inclined to say "given that there _are_ few MPlayer 
developers" ;-)

>>I usually have a few pending patches too that got no comment...
> 
> ... and then what happens?
> Do they get dropped?  :-(

Unless I have doubts myself I apply them "somewhen" and wait for the 
cola truck ;-)

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger