[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] VFCTRL_PERIODIC_UPDATE

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 10:29:34PM +0200, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> Adding workarounds to the central timing functions is quite hackish,
> especially when it later turned out the added functionality doesn't even
> quite match what the intended use requires. I think it would have been
> better not to post VFCTRL_PERIODIC_UPDATE as a completely independent
> patch without context. A bad implementation for directly needed
> functionality is one thing and can perhaps be improved; the same for
> functionality that is meant to be used as a part of a larger hack is
> another thing.

Hm. Well, maybe it would be a good idea if you posted (or at least linked to)
the whole patch. I think Uoti wasn't around when we discussed this stuff
last time and he might have some good ideas in the areas nobody cared
about back then.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger