FreeBSD Port: mplayer-0.99.11_14
Mel Flynn
mel.flynn+fbsd.ports at mailing.thruhere.net
Sat Jul 25 06:56:58 UTC 2009
On Wednesday 22 July 2009 14:40:50 Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 22:33, Michael D.
>
> Stackhouse<mstackhouse at samsa.com> wrote:
> > I think we'll investigate VLC as an alternative. Not too comfortable
> > building around a solution that's not being maintained as it should be.
>
> mplayer is definitely continuously developed, it's not an abandoned
> project! They just do not follow a release scheme at the moment.
I don't consider sticking code into a repository "developing". Release
engineering is an important part of the development process and shifting this
burden onto packagers, while stuffing more and more non-portable code into the
repository is exactly why it's hard to find volunteers with the time and
knowledge to maintain an up-to-date mplayer port.
--
Mel
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