[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] rc2 at the beginning of October

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 01:00:15AM +0400, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> On Saturday 15 September 2007 22:36, Benjamin Zores wrote:
> > Diego Biurrun a écrit :
> > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 10:56:53PM +0200, Roberto Togni wrote:
> > >> rc1 is almost one year old...
> > >>
> > >> What about doing 1.0rc2 at the beginning of October?
> > >> My proposed plan is to freeze the tarball one week before
> > >> (last weekend of September), so we can test compile it on as
> > >> many systems as possible, and release the firs weekend of
> > >> October.
> > >>
> > >> Agree? Disagree? Any comments on MPlayer status? Known
> > >> breakages and regressions?
> > >
> > > VIDIX linking on PowerPC remains unfixed.  This is a
> > > regression that should be addressed before the release. 
> > > Unfortunately I never manage to get a hold of Benjamin to sit
> > > down and help me fix this issue...
> >
> > Fixes now.
> > I won't be responsible for rc2 delay ;-)
> > Diego, can you just confirm it works with your PowerBook ?
> 
> BTW, vidix still not work on nVidia GeForce 7300 GT. I check this 
> with r24539. That bug was reported earlier:
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-advusers/2007-April/001633.html

That report certainly no longer applies, that was a case of MPlayer
trying to use the AGP bridge as a graphics card. Not surprisingly that
didn't work out well. And has been fixed long ago.
I can't use my GeForce 7600 GS (PCIe) with vidix either, but I am not sure if
that one even has overlay hardware...

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger