[MPlayer-users] Uoti nonsense, and my parting words

[Dave P]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 05:18, RC <cooleyr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 08:19:33 +0300
> Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala at pp1.inet.fi> wrote:
>
>> It's just not possible to create a competitive version based on svn
>> without wasting a lot of effort.
>
> It wouldn't be wasted at all, as far more people would be able to use
> it, and more would work on it. It's more of the same, with you being
> unwilling to do anything that benefits others, if it might be a little
> extra work for you... How's the GUI developing?  How well does your fork
> compile with GCC-2.95, or ICC?  How's your fork's performance on a
> 133MHz PC?  You don't need to answer...
>
>> he only works on the binary loader module (which also has little to do
>> with git/svn differences).
>
>> but they're also the least relevant to git/svn repo differences.
>
> I see.  So you've chosen option B.  All those comitting to SVN, they
> aren't developers...  and if they were, those changes can just get
> pulled into the GIT repo, because SVN will always be there, and they
> won't mind switching over to your fork when the time comes, right?
>
> It's almost ironic that you use that as an excuse, since you personally
> chased away several active MPlayer developers some time ago (you
> dismissed their important contributions then, too), and subsequently
> lost your commit access to ffmpeg for your typical behavior.
>
> I should have taken the hint back then.  The whole community
> seems to changed from a fun and exciting place, into a bit of a
> death-march. Output to formats other than AVI would be a dammed nice
> feature, but with Michael and Rich gone, no sign that it will ever get
> fixed.  It seems everyone's treading water until, just maybe, ffmpeg or
> something else becomes a better option all around.  I'm not saying
> you're personally responsible for the decline of MPlayer, but you sure
> had a major impact.  With a record like that, I don't see how you can
> believe any project you have any control over could exist with multiple
> developers, supposedly working together...
>
> But I digress.  I'm very tired of this same nonsense from you, and since
> those responsible here have decided to tolerate it at the expense of all
> else, I've decided to unsubscribe from all MPlayer mailing lists, and
> will cease to follow development.  A seven and a half year run, coming
> to an end...   Can't help but wonder how many hours I've spent over the
> years, between testing MPlayer, reporting bugs, reading the lists, and
> answering questions.  Best regards to those who have made the project
> state of the art, and an exciting place to be, over the years.  I hope
> it continues to advance.  To those who remain, good luck, and goodbye.

I hate to see RC go.  His advice over the years was always helpful.
Uoti, on the other hand, has been mostly disruptive.  I vote for GIT
to disappear and RC to come back.

Just my 2 cents,

Dave