[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Rename -vo gl2.

Reimar Döffinger Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de
Sun Aug 19 16:00:48 CEST 2012


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 07:20:00AM -0600, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> On 08/19/2012 07:02 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger <at> gmx.de> writes:
> > 
> >> it seems impossible to make people not just assume it is better 
> >> as long as it is named gl2. So I suggest to give it a more
> >> descriptive name.
> > 
> > You are the maintainer...
> > 
> > Carl Eugen
> 
> Personally I would prefer if gl2 is retained as well. As it keeps
> backwards compatibility with the various frontends.

Well, then there's no point because then every will still go "oh, '2',
that must be better I'll take that!".
Are there (how many?) people using frontends who use gl2 for a _good_
reason?


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