[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] mention libdvdnav in 'configure --help' and switch autodetection on

[The Wanderer]

Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 05:18:21PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> Diego Biurrun wrote:

>>> I commented out all the dvdnav stuff ages ago because it was not
>>> working.  Nico reenabled it in preparation for the dvdnav patch
>>> from Attila Otvos.  I'm not quite sure in what state it is right
>>> now, so I'm somewhat hesitant to add them back.
>> 
>> Acknowledged. Does this, in fact, mean that the options should not
>> be documented in --help? Or should they be there, but default to
>> 'disabled'?
> 
> Oh, that's a difficult one.  In an ideal world we will have support
> for dvdnav in the not-so-distant future...

I'd hope so, myself. In the interim, however, I'd probably argue that we
should either document them as "disabled" or remove them - comment them
out, at least, if not delete them entirely - so that they are not
reported by the configure process.

>>> There is not much intentional about it.  The help output should
>>> be in a logical order.
>> 
>> What would qualify as logical, then, aside from the kneejerk
>> "alphabetical order within categories"? I could certainly take a
>> stab at it, but I've long since discovered that my ideas of what
>> makes sense don't necessarily agree with those of other people.
> 
> output drivers together, codecs together, etc
> 
> Apart from that alphabetical order mostly makes sense.

That makes sense.

>> Expect a SVN-account mail from me in the next day or so, once I
>> finally settle on a (sufficiently non-guessable) password I'm happy
>> with.
> 
> Don't bother too much, so far 90% of passwords were too simple and
> set to more secure values by myself.

Acknowledged. Sorry for having not gotten to it in the meantime, I've
hit procrastination again (in combination with the sudden opportunity to
do a couple of other things I've wanted to get done for awhile).

-- 
       The Wanderer

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