Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS In directory mplayer:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv31358/DOCS Modified Files: faq.html Log Message: I liked this mail very much Index: faq.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.24 retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25 --- faq.html 7 Oct 2001 09:39:05 -0000 1.24 +++ faq.html 8 Oct 2001 17:20:41 -0000 1.25 @@ -58,6 +58,39 @@ </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +...gcc 2.96... (yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!) +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<P>But we has idegs (the word 'ideg' is described further in the FAQ). And our +idegcounters overflow again and again.</P> + +<P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users +who can't even use windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed +(with default options) Mandrake or RedHat or Suse, and without RTFM'ing they +send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to the linux! +help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them RTFM +and to read fuckin' messages of ./configure and mplayer.</P> + +<P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. +Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> + +<P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and +making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> + +<P>And there is a balance. On one hand are you, clever guys, saying we are very +bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and at the other hand there are the +'new to linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> + +<P>Conclusinion: we can't be good. Half of people always will say we are bad.</P> + +<P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and +provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so +development could go faster, and we earn lots of money with it and buy a big +house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> + +<P ALIGN=RIGHT>Arpi (a mail on the mplayer-users list)</P> +</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> + +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is .... </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+).