<div dir="auto">Ultimately, GStreamer is free software. Not only that but the forums and mailing lists are free support. Whilst any comment written in frustration may be warranted in technical terms, the emotion and sometimes ridiculous wanting is not. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, it’s a complex and sometimes difficult framework to work with but nobody owes you anything and don’t forget that. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you to all open source contributors and core maintainers. I hope you have a merry Christmas. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">P.s… I think Mr. Blanchard is a troll and should not be responded to sober folk 😊</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 22:20, James via gstreamer-devel <<a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><br><div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 24 Dec 2022, at 3:31 am, Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi via gstreamer-devel <<a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto"><div>Hi<div dir="auto"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il ven 23 dic 2022, 20:25 Peter Maersk-Moller via gstreamer-devel <<a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Zac.</div><div><br></div><div>So true. That said, it could be a problem though now we also have the hate of the almighty. Maybe we need to fix that with the next major update release.</div><div><br></div><div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is this a real conversation or just a joke?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think first of all mailing list should have some kind of way to avoid landing of those no sense emails.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Happy Christmas</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Michael </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 8:17 PM Zachary Hueras via gstreamer-devel <<a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">He does make a valid point: it's not a generational problem. There are entitled, self-aggrandizing
narcissists in every generation.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I honestly wasn't expecting much for Christmas this year, but schadenfreude?
I love it!</span></div>
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Friday, December 23, 2022 1:31 PM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> <a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cc:</b> Dave Blanchard <<a href="mailto:dave@killthe.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">dave@killthe.net</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Subject:</b> Re: Love the idea of gstreamer; HATE the execution -- BUT I HATE YOUR SHITTY, SELFISH ATTITUDE WORST OF ALL! AND SO DOES GOD! FUCK YOU!</font>
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Peter Maersk-Moller via gstreamer-devel <<a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi Zac<br>
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> Welcome to the Zoomers, Zoomers that want everything for nothing and the<br>
> fact they know nothing should not burden or hinder them, according to<br>
> themselves. They are fantastic according to their parents and their<br>
> participation medals and trophies. You must understand that a tool like<br>
> GStreamer should adapt to their level of ignorance and their unwillingness<br>
> to focus for 10 minutes on a single topic should not matter. After all,<br>
> they are the future .... for better or worse.<br>
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<br></div></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div>[snip] I'm not disturbed by, but I think these technical forums are above wanton course language, and why offer profanities on the grounds they wiil offend someone <br><br></div><div>Actually Dave makes a point that IS valid that I see no easy solution to:</div><div><br></div><div>As a nooby to a very complex setup you seek help for a problem and you turn to the 'helpful' forum who answer</div><div><br></div><div>(a) if the problem is simple</div><div>(b) if the problem intrigues them</div><div>(c) if your name is Nicolas or (?? A Danish Lady called Marianne)*</div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise you are left to deal with 'Perhaps this computer is too slow' or equally helpful snips.</div><div>After a year on the rack I have my system working beautifully</div><div><br></div><div>* My ISP notified me that my mail box was full, so I emptied Trash and Sent losing lots of names! Sorry if details are wrong but you can tell where my thanks are directed.</div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div>James</div><br></div></blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Regards
Chris</div>