Hi secathom,
As this topic was bumped, I would like to add some comments (nothing personal with you)
What makes me a bit sad is this :
Why can't XP users (like me and millions else) use the last "stable" VLC release, without that very annoying "X closing" bug, without any security issue, until a fix has been released (if it will ever be fixed one day) ?
The last stable VLC release for XP, without security issues, is NOT the nighly build 1.06 : why ?
1) because it's not the final 1.06 (even user "itsnow", who kindly showed us the link of this nighly build, wrote this : "now, however, I am having some problems with 1.0.6 (1.0.5 has always been good)"
2) More important, because the major security problem affecting all VLC releases from 1.0.5 and under has been fixed in 1.0.6 on 21 April 2010, as clearly written at the end of the following link :
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1003.html
3) And the nighly build 1.0.6 (exe) was released...3 weeks BEFORE (29 March 2010) the security issue was found, which means the nightly build 1.0.6 has real security issues :
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win ... 0329-0202/
4) Now let's go to the FINAL VLC 1.0.6 release found here :
ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/pub/vlc/1.0.6/
As you can see, the source date is correct : 21 April 2010, which means the major security issues found in 1.0.5 has been fixed in 1.0.6
So the ONLY remaining question is :
Why didn't VLC staff compile this 1.0.6 version on 21 April 2010 ?
It's exactly 6 months now we're having problems (21 April => 21 October) when it would have taken them a few MINUTES to compile it and write anywhere : "XP users, until we find a fix for this very annoying "X closing" issue, here is the last stable release 1.0.6 you should use if you want to get rid of this "X closing" issue AND if you want to get rid of the major security issues found in 1.0.5, they have been fixed in FINAL 1.0.6 on 21 April 2010"
If they had done it that way, a lot of us won't be complaining now, using a ridiculous 1.0.5 when we KNOW it's full of security problems.
Honestly guys, I can't understand the purpose of showing us the 1.0.6 source (for 6 months now) when there isn't the corresponding exe ! Just delete the 1.0.6 source page, or compile it quickly, but don't let it show to everybody and tell them : "compile it yourself !"
We don't know how to compile it, and we understand you had a lot of work with 1.1.0+ at the time.
But why didn't it you end the 1.0.6 release completely, by compiling it on 21 April 2010 ?
How much time does it take to compile a release : minutes? hours? days?
That's a question that really makes me wonder : is it too late for you now to compile it ?
I apologize if I was a bit rude with my post, but I loved VLC so much, and because of this stupid bug and the fact I'm forced to use a 1.0.5 release (though I know it has major security issues) when there is a pending final 1.0.6 ... uncompiled, I just can't understand why VLC staff never wanted to compile the final 1.0.6 release