[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Rename -vo gl2.

[compn]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:00:48 +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 07:20:00AM -0600, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
>> On 08/19/2012 07:02 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> > Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger <at> gmx.de> writes:
>> > 
>> >> it seems impossible to make people not just assume it is better 
>> >> as long as it is named gl2. So I suggest to give it a more
>> >> descriptive name.
>> > 
>> > You are the maintainer...
>> > 
>> > Carl Eugen
>> 
>> Personally I would prefer if gl2 is retained as well. As it keeps
>> backwards compatibility with the various frontends.
>
>Well, then there's no point because then every will still go "oh, '2',
>that must be better I'll take that!".
>Are there (how many?) people using frontends who use gl2 for a _good_
>reason?

you can make an alias in the code so that -vo gl2 still works (and
wont break frontends/scripts), just remove it from manual...

i am fine with the rename.

-compn