VLC on versiontracker?

[Bill Eldridge]

The DJ wrote:
> 
> on 12-05-2002 19:08, Tim Anderson at ande2965 at tc.umn.edu wrote:
> 
> > It seems that they're taking the latest version from CVS and building the
> > Apple installer around it and releasing it. I downloaded it from their
> > website, but didn't install. I opened up the package file, and it's just the
> > VLC app pre-compiled and the installer places it in the Applications folder.
> > Why they think this is a contribution, I don't know. They just seem to be
> > trying to take credit for making the CVS builds available without the need
> > to compile anything.
> 
> Jeesh, why an installer around it. This is not necessary at all.

Ummm...many users of OS X treat it like...a Mac.
If the installer puts it in the Applications folder so
it pops up read for use when they look in Applications,
this seems to be a good thing. If they take care of
doing nightly builds for Mac OS X, this is a good thing.

Perhaps I don't understand the gripe.

Yeah, it's not rocket science, but it's one less not-very-technical
thing to get the package out there without taking up people's
time at Videolan.org.

> > That said, I think it's great that you're getting exposure on
> > Version-Tracker, but I think the developer info should point to videolan.org
> > and not giga-services.net.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> I think this guy shouldn't take credit for anything at all. If I were you
> guys, then I'd mail him and ask him to remove this entry from
> versiontracker, and then put up an official Videolan.org entry.
> If he doesn't respond, then simply mail versiontracker.com with a new entry
> and put your request in the comment field. The folks as versiontracker are
> very helpful.

This seems counterproductive.

The internet is full of people who get thrills out of small
contributions. When someone starts the program, they'll see
the programmer information for VLC in help, along with
www.videolan.org as the home site. What more do you want?
 
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