From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 25 06:56:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09881065673 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6558FC20 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D13D67E818 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:56:56 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:56:55 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA2; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <407390A9C396D342802A99E1295F5560496763@samsafs01.samsa.local> <05C77806-2294-4198-9839-4A1CC465F5B3@samsa.com> <786602c60907221540m7aeab9abx2b773c75500819d6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <786602c60907221540m7aeab9abx2b773c75500819d6@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907242256.55682.mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: mplayer-0.99.11_14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:56:58 -0000 On Wednesday 22 July 2009 14:40:50 Thomas Zander wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 22:33, Michael D. > > Stackhouse 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