[MPlayer-dev-eng] release... WHEN?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> >From what I can understand after having read the two docuents above is
> that to keep MPlayer growing in it's current speed (is that
> desirable?) one needs either enforce more strict release control or
> split the project into smaller parts.
> 
> If that isn't done the quality of the releases will decrease, which
> will lead to less users and thereby less bug reports and patches. This

yes i know all this, and also was thinking about branching, or its
simplified way: making -rc versions of releases, and continure development
in cvs, then backport bugfixes to the -rc and finally release.
something like the kernel development.
you can reach it with manual patching, branching, or duplicating cvs
repository (this is why the main tree is called 'main' not 'mplayer')

but
- the project is not so big yet
- we have only a few "full-time" developers
- no one has time nor interest to backport fixes :)

> Personally I would be very happy if the project was split in small
> parts the following way:
> 
> 1. Throw out the GUI.
> 2. Remove all commandline parameters except --help, --version and
>    --debug-level.
> 3. Write a unified hirarcic control and configuration library.
> 4. Throw out the playlist and runtime control (i.e lirc, mouse and
>    keyboard) and control the player kernel through a socket or shared
>    ram using the config language described above.
> 5. Use an external program for reading and writing the config file
>    and send the config parameters to the player kernel according to
>    4. (alsa does this, very nice).

ROTFL :)))))))))))))
remove all code, and no bugs left :)

do you really believe that gui or config/playtree code cause the bugs we have???

no.

anyway the project is already split to parts:
- libao2
- libvo
- libmpcodecs
- libmpdemux
- libmpdvdkit
- libavcodec (not even developed in mphq cvs, yet...)
- liba52
- libmpeg2
- input
- mplayer/mencoder core

> But who am I to say (i.e. sorry for pissing everyone off :).
i wanted to ask...


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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