Re: Re: Re: [xine-devel] New Demuxers And Decoders

[Arpi <ar...@th...>]

Hi,

> > of course you're free to leave mplayer and join xine, but if you do it
> > because of me, please, at least tell me why, ok?
> 
> 	How about your lack of anything remotely resembling diplomacy?

Sorry, I don't have time to write 3 pages of polite explanation why did
you do something wrong, when i can write all down in a single line...
yep, unpolite. but who cares (except you, of course) ?

imho we are hardcore hackers, not politicans.
most of us like short, fast answers instead of long explanation of
one-line things. but there are exceptions...

> Your general "scream insults first, ask questions later" policy?

It has stronger, faster, quicker effect than diplomacy :)
Of course it has its price, too... :(

> > i've seen your xine demuxers, eh, imho learning mplayer demuxer layer is
> > nothing compared to the xine one :)
> 
> 	I do not think you are qualified to make that assertion...:) You
> are the one who came up with the MPlayer demuxer layer in the first place.
> Of course it makes perfect sense to you. As someone who has had to figure
> out both, I can certify that xine's architecture is much easier to deal
> with. And if I have questions, the xine developers will answer in a
> courteous and coherent fashion.

great!

> > yep, avifile and mplayerxp are good example of 'hobby project' :)
> 
> 	I know you take MPlayer way more seriously than you should, so

yes, this is very true.
and i don't really know why, but i feel it is much more than a hobby project.

> this may come as a surprise to you: Most open source projects are hobby
> projects.

i know.
but quoting myself: "but there are exceptions" :)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu