[MPlayer-dev-eng] Regarding [PATCH] quiet-time Bug #1459 (was Re: [PATCH] output console status only every n frames (-quietframes), Bug #1459)

[compn]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:31:51 +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:54:57PM +0200, D. Jansen wrote:
>> Thanks for not applying my patch and not telling me why either. I'm signing
>> off the list. If someone should care sometime eventually, please email me
>> directly.
>
>The reason is that the patch has not been reviewed (though I just did
>that).
>The reason it has not been reviewed is that I have been busy with other
>things and do not care too much about this feature, and this is not in
>an area of code that is properly maintained so I seem to be the only one
>ready to review the patch (Diego handles mostly only build
>system/documentation stuff).
>Yes it sucks, but I at least can't magically wave a hand and change that.

mplayer has very few developers.
reimar and uau are the only two who are still active (kinda) and work
on the core mplayer code.

then there are a few other active devs who only work on small pieces of
mplayer.

diego (build, docs, patch review, homepage, bugzilla, etc)
iive (xvmc, vo, misc fixes)
greg (subtitles)
eugeni (subtitles)
ben (stream, vf, misc)
cehoyos (network, ext patches)
nico (dvb/mpeg)
me (codecs, some ext patches, homepage)

(apologies if i forgot anyone)

there are plenty of unapplied and unmaintained patches on our mailing
list. also in our bugzilla and in the bugzillas of distros who package
mplayer. plenty of unfixed and unreported bugs too. mplayer has a lot
of unmaintained code, including GUI/ and mencoder.

this is a call to arms! we need more developers!

we need more patch reviewers! we need more patch committers! we need
more bug fixes, code cleanup, and security reviews. we need more
organization, so we can release rc3 (and rc4!). we need to consolidate
our code and share our work with vlc, xine, ffmpeg and gstreamer.

will you help us?

-compn