[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] MSGTR_CoreDumped
Ingo Brückl
ib at wupperonline.de
Mon May 9 12:45:05 CEST 2011
Dan Oscarsson wrote on Mon, 09 May 2011 12:31:21 +0200:
> mån 2011-05-09 klockan 11:33 +0200 skrev Ingo Brückl:
>> What's the point with the message
>>
>> #define MSGTR_CoreDumped "Core dumped ;)\n"
>>
>> coming as an information after a stream has been dumped into a file?
>>
>> I'm really into humor, but when I first got this message, I though something
>> has gone horribly wrong. So far, I only knew "core dumps" from the Linux
>> kernel.
>>
>> Shouldn't we change it to avoid confusion?
> I have seen that too. Yes, good idea.
> Maybe use "Dump completed", "Dump finished" or "Stream dumped" instead.
The message also appears after a loss of connection, so "Dump completed",
"Dump finished" or "Stream dumped" may not be accurate, because there may
not be a dump "completion", it just ended (for what reason ever).
Ingo
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