[MPlayer-dev-eng] mplayer2 is a very poor fork name used to confuse users.

[compn]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:51:18 +0200, Adrian Knoth wrote:
>On 08/19/11 05:56, compn wrote:
>
>> mplayer2 is a very poor fork name used to confuse users.
>[..]
>> debian and uoti are setting themselves (and us) up for explaining to
>> users which version is better.
>
>While this is always the problem with forks, be assured you are not
>alone.
>
>There are jackd1 and jackd2, and these are just two independent
>implementations of the jack API. Users think because two is lager than
>one, jackd2 must be the successor of jackd1, which is wrong.
>
>We have a FAQ on that (<http://jackaudio.org/jack12n>), maybe you want
>one, too. ;)
>
>I always say "Think of 'number two', not 'version two'. It's just an
>arbitrary enumeration."
>
>
>HTH
>

it does help, thank you .
i know to not hope for better outcomes in the future!

-compn