[vlc-devel] commit: Allow binary maintainer to pass a custom string( Christophe Mutricy )

[Remi Denis-Courmont]

On Thu,  3 Jul 2008 23:44:39 +0200 (CEST), git at videolan.org (git version
control) wrote:
> vlc | branch: master | Christophe Mutricy <xtophe at videolan.org> | Thu Jul

> 3 20:02:37 2008 +0100| [223bc6472936d8761b4397a20496e914b5cb5982]
> 
> Allow binary maintainer to pass a custom string
> 
> Soo that we avoid plugin cache problem between binary version.
> 
> This patch was first thought for Debian but considering it is usefull
> for all distros and for VideoLAN own win32 and MacOSX builds, I
> think it has its place in the master tree.

I have to disagree with this change.

If there is a problem with the plugin cache new file detection, fix the
plugin cache, don't kludge it to death.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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