Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:21:46 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> To: Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: multimedia/vlc(-devel) upstream install instruction Message-ID: <20070627002146.5c0f8766@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070623215244.72965f6f@localhost> References: <467D3D9C.4020607@hcl-club.lu> <F0CF5BAB-EA6A-48F8-959B-A1BA38A4C14A@ahze.net> <20070623215244.72965f6f@localhost>
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:52:44 +0200 Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:30:43 -0400 > Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net> wrote: > > > > > On Jun 23, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Jona Joachim wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > I just happened to read the install instructions for the VLC > > > Media Player on http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-freebsd.html > > > > > > I don't think that these directions are up to date. > > > First of all it should be recommended to use the OPTIONS > > > framework instead of specifying parameters on the command line > > > and the FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes parameter is not needed and can > > > break things. > > > > > > As this mailing list is listed as maintainer for the vlc ports I > > > thought you could perhaps contact the VideoLAN people and > > > discuss these install instructions. > > > > > > (Please CC me in replies as I'm not subscribed) > > > > > > > Please forward this to the vlc developers, I've sent them an email > > in the past but it was ignored. > > Ok, let's see if I have better luck I had a rather friendly contact with Jean-Baptiste Kempf of the VideoLAN team. Here's the result: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-freebsd.html -- "I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and tell you that you are free." Eris, Goddess Of Chaos, Discord & Confusion
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