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

[Luca Barbato]

Guillaume Poirier wrote:
> 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.

Nah, you'd have the ml fill of my emails about supporting gcc-4.1 and
ppc/ppc64 =P

> 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".

right. Still would be nice to have a gcc-2.98.0 with most of the
annoying issue covered.

lu

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Luca Barbato

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