[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: MPlayer-dev-eng Digest, Vol 39, Issue 30

[Trent Piepho]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 mplayer-dev-eng-request at mplayerhq.hu wrote:
> On Monday, 13 March 2006 at 01:32, xyzzy at speakeasy.net wrote:
> > > > We don't believe in such nonsense here.
> > > Rich, you can believe in what you want.
> > > Actually this is very weird... I was friendly
> > > and wanted to contribute to MPlayer (I was encouraged by
> > > our users to contact you, 'cause the suggested that your player is very
> > > good).
> > > So I do not understand your hositlity...
> >
> > Join the club of people who tried to contribute to mplayer and were attacked
> > for it.  Rich simply hates everyone and everything.  Don't bother trying to
> > reason with them, they don't care.  No matter what you say or do they will
> > just flame you.
>
> Please do not spread such FUD. Rich, knowledgeable as he is, does not speak
> for all MPlayer developers, so I feel offended by your "they don't care"
> and "they will just flame you" statements and I expect others feel the
> same.

When anyone who comes to offer code gets nothing but flames from Rich, he
might as well speak for all mplayer developers.  When he says, "We don't
believe in such nonsense here," is that supposed to be the royal "We" or does
it sound like he is speaking for everyone?

I don't bother trying to send my improvements back here anymore because it's
just not worth the abuse, and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
When you get flamed for your quoting style, the format of your diff, or how
many siginificant digits you used to approximate the decimal value of
30000/1001 into an email message with, it's pretty clear that what you are
tying to offer is of little concern; you aren't welcome and will get attacked
regardless of what you say.

PS.  I already know Rich wants to respon to just my third sentence with,
"Good, you are an idiot and we won't want you or your kind anywhere near
mplayer.  Your existance diminishes us all.  The way you reply to the
messages from the digest is the most annoying thing I have ever seen, and
we all hate you for it."  So I'll just save him the trouble and tell him I
already know.