[MPlayer-dev-eng] a few nut suggestions

[Diego Biurrun]

D Richard Felker III writes:
> On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 11:46:53PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > D Richard Felker III writes:
> > > 
> > > so, i'd like to remove language code from the stream headers. but...
> > > this is a problem, because i don't want to break compatibility again.
> > 
> > Compatibility with what?  Old nut specifications?  I'd say don't worry
> > as long as there hasn't even been something like a release of the
> > specification.
> 
> i'm kinda in agreement, but some people have been using it for samples
> and stuff already. i wouldn't hesitate to break compatibility at this
> point if it were needed to fix a major design issue, but if it's just
> an obsolete field we want to remove....breaking compatibility for that
> seems gratuitous.

I agree that is a noble goal, but now is not the point to start
collecting cruft; this will happen soon enough over the course of
NUT's lifetime ;-)

Diego