Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Re: Can't get crop to work

[Arpi]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]

> Since reading this mailing list, I have seen much flaming:  some amusing,
> some outright idiotic, but always off-topic.  Perhaps there should be
> another mailing list:  mplayer-flagrant-opinions?  And any post with the
> words "asshole" "flame" "fuck" etc. should automatically be directed
> there.  Or to /dev/null.  Or maybe mplayer-users-versus-developers?  Or
ah, it's called mplayer-users. we've tried several names but whatever we did
those always posted the flame to the -users list. So finally we've created
an -advusers list, for the people actually RTFM and post in topic related to
mplayer somehow. It isn't announced at the homepage, but is in the docs. As
there are only a very few people subscribed and avg 1 posts/week it means no
one actually RTFM. So we stay here on mplayer-users(-flames) list now.

> perhaps all these messages should be stored as a giant .bz2 file that is
> uncompressed and sent to any new flamers?
> Anyway, I have many opinions on the subject of linux software development
> (many already posted, OT). But if you're like me, you're probably tired of
> scrolling through 100s of lines to find posts about mplayer/mencoder.
Did you have any success finding such messages already? I didn't :(

> eliminate such dead weight.  On the other hand, if Arpi likes using
> flaming users for stress relief, who am I to stop him?
huh.
users has only one use: testing & reporting bugs. but they cannot do that.
so they has no any use. they always think that we're here to support them by
searching and quoting the manual for them. they're wrong.
we're writting mplayer for fun, hobby, for ourself. if we need a feature, we
implement it. if we don't need it we won't. won't, even if hundreds of users
ask for it. if we can reproduce a bug we will fix it. if we can't reproduce
we can't fix. if user can't report bugs we can't reproduce. unfortunatelly
this logic is too difficult to follow for those reading this list...
they think we will spend days to find out the environment, parameters etc
they used to crash mplayer. no, we won't. they HAVE TO tell it.
sorry for being arrogant, but you made me arrogant.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu