[MPlayer-dev-eng] [Q] How to build a universal binary for the Mac OS X?

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:14:33AM +0200, Chris Roccati wrote:
> 
> On 25 Sep 2006, at 23:55 , Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> >>support a relatively widespread operating system) can be called
> >You must be living in a very different place than me, even compared to
> >linux it is a minority, at a similar level as FreeBSD, from what I  
> >can see.
> >Also it is not "to support", because universal binaries are not at all
> >necessary to support OSX, it is just for a bit of convenience for some
> >users.
> 
> As i said, a "relatively widespread operating system", not the most  
> used on the planet. MPlayer support for far more exotic devices,  
> having userbases in the number of the few hundreds. And yes,  
> universal binaries are not a necessity, as it is not a necessity to  
> provide binaries, still it is a "nice to have" feature. 

FWIW, MPlayer OS X had 16000 downloads from www1 alone in August, 12000
up to now in September.  IIRC we added another mirror somewhen during
that timeframe.

Anyway, calling OS X a fringe operating system is ludicrous, MPlayer is
very popular on that platform.

Diego