[MPlayer-dev-eng] Gentoo mplayer users notice

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Wednesday, 28 July 2004 at 03:51, Chris White wrote:
> All Gentoo MPlayer users,
> 
>    If you're using a version that ends in -r2 for report them to
> bugs.gentoo.org.

This sentence doesn't make much sense. What should we report? I guess
Gentoo-related bugs, but what does it have to do with -r2? And why don't
you patch your MPlayer so that it outputs a slighlty different version
string like the RPM-packaged version does:
MPlayer 1.0pre5-RPM-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
               ^^^^

> As the maintainer, I'd like to keep Gentoo related
> issues to gentoo only and save the MPlayer devs any trouble. If it's
> something that's not gentoo related, then I will try and work with the
> MPlayer devs on helping resolve the issue by forwarding any and all
> necessary information.
> 
> MPlayer devs,  you have my permission to forward anything you believe to
> be Gentoo related to me at <chriswhite at gentoo.org>.

I believe it's your job to forward any non-gentoo related patches you
apply here, not the other way around.

Regards,
R.

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