[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Fix libass with gcc 2.95

[Guillaume Poirier]

Hi,

Rich Felker wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 09:40:54PM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 14:19 -0400, Jason Tackaberry wrote:
>>
>>>When testing my -fPIC patch with gcc 2.95 I ran into some compile errors
>>>with libass.  See the attached patch.
>>
>>Again code which doesn't compile with gcc 2.95 for 5 weeks - and after 5
>>weeks only noticed by a patch submitter asked to waste time testing 2.95
>>compatibility. How long is the idiocy of requiring 2.95 support going to
>>continue?
> 
> 
> I've been gone for the past several weeks.

\o/ you're back!


> PLEASE DO NOT FUCKING BRING UP THIS TOPIC AGAIN!!!

Good, this ML was a bit cold without you. ;-)


> It will lead to nothing but horrible horrible
> flames and I will have no mercy upon you!!!!! :)

BTW, one thing that doesn't make sense to me in Uoti Urpala's
argumentation, is: "this or that compiler/arch has been broken for xx
weeks, it's useless, and should be dropped"... well, with this kind of
argument, we'd probably only support gcc4.0 and 3.3/4 on x86/linux.
That'd be a pitty.
Also, your argumentation sounds like how software corporation work:
"this software is discontinued, do upgrade (and throw us some $$)",
whereas in free software, things are more like "this software is
supported as long as ppl care do provide support for it".

Guillaume