[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] libbs2b audio filter

[Uoti Urpala]

On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 18:23 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> Uoti Urpala wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 22:38 +0300, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> > 
> >> On Tuesday 24 March 2009 03:31, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> 
> >>> and even if some old developers who dislike the new changes in
> >>> git try to keep maintaining a separate svn-based version it's
> >>> unlikely they could keep it competitive.
> >> 
> >> MPlayer, like many other OSS projects (and not only opensource)
> >> somewhat lacks manpower in one degree or another. I do assume that
> >> any kind of split/fork idea will bring zero to negative benefit to
> >> everyone.
> > 
> > What would be the alternative? I do not believe trying to reach
> > consensus via discussion is realistic. And losing all the
> > improvements because of developers who resist change would not be
> > exactly positive either. "Doing the same development, just everybody
> > cooperating" is not an option. Either attempts to improve things are
> > dropped, or things are changed against the will of some developers.
> 
> The trouble is, both moving to git and the changes you're making are
> apparently at least somewhat controversial. Tying each one to the other
> makes them both less likely to be accepted, not more.

The best MPlayer development repository already is in git. It cannot be
easily ported to svn.

> If you want either one to happen, you should not be pushing to have the
> other one happen as part and parcel of the same move. Get either
> accepted first,

That is not a practical alternative. And even if it somehow were I doubt
there would be consensus for either part alone.