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

[compn]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:53:34 +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
>Hi,
>
>compn wrote:
>> 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...
>> >> 
>> >> 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.
>
>  Me too.
>
>  Though I disagree on keeping a vo gl2 alias. Even if it is a bit
>annoying it is better to force people using vo gl2 to reconsider.
>
>  As far as frontends are concerned I am unsure. If most frontends
>would fail obviously or even better additionally display the error
>message output by mplayer I would say it will work as intended.

we did this with -vop i thinks:
"-vop has been removed, use -vf instead."
i am fine with breaking -vo gl2 it with an error message.

-compn