[MPlayer-cvslog] r24941 - trunk/mplayer.c

[Uoti Urpala]

On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 19:42 +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 01:01:07PM +0200, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> > I think someone insisting to have his way by changing all code written
> > by another is not a sustainable long-term situation. It is also quite
> > far from what I'd call "non-aggression". If both sides in a disagreement
> > behaved equally "non-aggressively" it would lead to a commit war.
> > 
> > If you claim you want to avoid flaming I think you could choose better
> > words than calling such activity "cleaning up after you".
> 
> True, that choice of words is less than perfect.  Let me rephrase it in
> more neutral terms:
> 
> Obviously nobody can stop you from mixing declarations and statements,
> but can you live with people making changes after you?

As I already said above I don't think that is a working long-term
arrangement.

> > I think it is clear that the "traditional" MPlayer development practices
> > did lead to a mess. I think the biggest single factors were the aversion
> > to any "cosmetic" changes at all and the strict code ownership policy.
> 
> The refusal of any kind of cosmetic changes is a thing of the past.  I
> completely agree that it was stupid and counterproductive.
> 
> Could you elaborate on the code ownership policy?  I don't see us having
> such a thing now.

Elaborate on what aspect? Considering what you wrote in
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-cvslog/2007-November/031897.html
you seem to agree with my opinion (though I'd stress the importance of
short-term problems more), so I'm not sure what you consider unclear.