Hello. On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 00:23, Davide Andreoli wrote: > 2014-02-19 9:28 GMT+01:00 Stefan Schmidt <ste...@datenfreihafen.org>: > > > Hello. > > > > On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 00:20, Davide Andreoli wrote: > > > 2014-02-18 21:29 GMT+01:00 Stefan Schmidt <ste...@datenfreihafen.org>: > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 19:59, Davide Andreoli wrote: > > > > > 2014-02-17 16:24 GMT+01:00 Stefan Schmidt <ste...@datenfreihafen.org > > >: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > > > > > Back from vacation and done with crawling through mails. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm now pondering in what state the release is right now. I have > > seen > > > > > > bug fixes coming in but also seen more bug reports coming in. > > > > > > > > > > > > The beta release tarball will slip a day from today to tomorrow > > due to > > > > > > my catchup today. > > > > > > > > > > > > What I also ponder is if we are ready next Monday. What do you > > folks > > > > > > think about it? > > > > > > > > > > > > I would be a ok with a one week slip (final release on > > 03.03.2014). Do > > > > > > we have bugs that are worth waiting this one week? Would it help or > > > > > > not? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm for for the one week slip, I'm finding lots of new issue in the > > > > emotion > > > > > vlc backend that need to be fixed. > > > > > > > > I need something more concrete than this vague statement. :) > > > > > > > > What issues are you seeing? > > > > Why are they urgent out of the blue? The emotion vlc backend is only > > > > in emotion_generic_players and not in efl and there have been almost > > > > now work on it for some time. I have problem to understand why it > > > > becomes so urgent a week before the release. I want to get people out > > > > of the habit to do it all just before the release. :) > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the vague statement, but I'm still investigate on the problems > > > and > > > how to fix them. > > > Bugs I know in the vlc engine are: > > > > > > 1. setting volume and mute does not work if you set them before the > > > video has fully started (volume is really annoying, as the video always > > > start with the wrong value) > > > > Indeed annoying but as raster stated there would be a workaround for > > now. > > > > > 2. randomly (but quite frequently) the video stop playing and the player > > > die. > > > This usually happen at least one time in a 20min video, is hard to > > > see a whole video without at least a crash. > > > > Hmm, to be honest I have a hard time to see a bug get fixed in the one > > week delay which happens randomly and might even be in vlc or our > > code. Sounds like a longer journey to fix it. > > > > > I don't know if we want to consider those as showstopper (I do) but a > > week > > > delay > > > shouldn't hurt too much imo. > > > > The real question is if the week would help to actually fix these > > bugs. I would think that these problems also show up with emoton > > generic players 1.8.1, right? > > > > yep, all the 1.8 series are bugged. And yes, I'm not sure a week will be > enough > ...but I'm trying :)
I'm happy to see this. :) > > In the bigger picture for me they look like bugs but not showstoppers > > for the whole release because a) emotion generic players is really a > > small component compared to efl and elementary and b) these bugs are > > lingering around for a long time or are related to libvlc changes. > > > > ok, they are not showstopper. But I'm not happy to do another release with > those bugs in. Sure, it would be better to have them fixed before doing the release. I just have to balance between the pain dragging the release longer and not letting people bring in their new work and the pain to release with known bugs. Its not a fixed line one can draw sadly. I guess I will see where we are on Monday. > > In any case I might still be willing to delay for a week for these > > issues. Lets see on Friday or Monday where we stand with these. > > > > I will keep you informed :) Thanks a lot! regards Stefan Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
