[vlc] VLC-Player-Icon changed

[Hendrik Schilling]

Hey, thank you for your reply: mercy beaucoup; please excuse me for replying in
English, my French is tres terrible, pardonnez moi...

Christmas - true. The majority sees it as christian holiday nonetheless, and I
would rather not delve into religious/theological discussions. 

Well, I did not know that this is a non-profit thingy you have going there.
Great, thank you for informing me about that.

Is there a list somewhere, what dates and logo changes were coded/programmed?

A little popup might be nice, somewhere along the lines of "Hello, it's the time
of the year, merry this and happy that -  the performance of this program is not
affected by the change of the icon. Your developers from vlc!"

As you are well aware, there is a lot of bad stuff out there, and I am trying to
run my computer as safely as possible. I had not noticed the icon change, and
when the DVD hung up, I noticed it and first got pretty scared, then angry.

If it is joyeux noel, and if you are into it, then I wish you that, despite this
very unexpected incident - I ran this DVD on another device, and it worked just
fine there. I guess, shit just sometimes happens. Also, a bonne nouvelle annee
to you. 

Again, thank you for your reply. 
Hendrik, not changing the date on the computer (I really had to laugh about that
one - thanks)


Zitat von Adrien Maglo <magsoft at via.ecp.fr>:

> Hendrik Schilling a écrit :
> > Hey, hello from Kiel in Germany!
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > It might just be a nice way to say that a christian holiday is around the
> corner. 
> > For all I know, it might as well be a dangerous virus. 
> > Or simply an idiot developer with a stupid idea, rottingly realized.
> > 
> > Anyway, my vlc-player has begun to sport something resembling a
> > santa-clause-hat, and it just quit working on a dvd that has run quite
> nicely on
> > the same computer, in the same drive for the past times; it was not damaged
> or
> > whatever, other dvds seem to run fine at first glance, so let me just put
> it
> > this way: 
> 
> The santa hat over the VLC cone is not a virus. It was already inside 
> VLC when you downloaded it and is just triggered by the date. It is not 
> related at all with DVD support.
> 
> > Could you just concentrate on doing your jobs the way they are supposed to
> do?
> > And if someone feels the urge to christianize the whole world, start not
> with an
> > icon, just go and do that in Japan, China, Arabia, Israel or whatnot. 
> 
> This is not a Christian reference.
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus and "Christians say the 
> Santa tradition detracts from the religious origins and purpose of 
> Christmas."
> and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus#Christian_opposition
> 
> > Whatever you need to have as a seasons greeting, consider it written right
> here
> > - while I consider your product as flawed and potentially dangerous as you
> have
> > designed it. 
> > Without a doubt, there will be lots and lots of morons out there to pay for
> that
> > - that's fine with me, I won't be one of them. 
> > Hendrik Schilling
> 
> VideoLAN is NOT a COMPAGNY. VLC media player is not a product. It is a 
> software mostly written by developers during their free time. None of 
> them are paid for that. They are doing it because they find fun to 
> contribute to this project. So, if they find fun to had a hat to their 
> icon for a given period, it is not a minority of complaining users which 
> will prevent them for doing it.
> If you can't bear it, here are some solutions for you :
> - Use an other media player. There are plenty of other choices surely 
> made by non "idiot" developers.
> - Compile or ask someone to compile your own VLC without the santa hat.
> - Change the date of your computer.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> -- 
> MagSoft
>