Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Vittorio Giovara
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Anton Khirnov an...@khirnov.net wrote: Libavdevice is not really a standalone library, it depends (by definition) on libavformat internal symbols. As there are no real reason for it to be a separate library, the best solution for the associated ABI problems is

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Luca Barbato
On 22/01/14 08:10, Anton Khirnov wrote: On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:42:10 +0100, Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: On 21/01/14 19:28, Anton Khirnov wrote: Libavdevice is not really a standalone library, it depends (by definition) on libavformat internal symbols. As there are no real reason

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Janne Grunau
On 2014-01-22 10:56:27 +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: The only marginal problem is having loads of external libraries pulled in and that might or might not annoying certain people. We don't pull most external libraries automatically in. only sdl, zlib and bzlib and maybe something I missed.

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: The only marginal problem is having loads of external libraries pulled in and that might or might not annoying certain people. who do you mean with certain people? It will annoy all binary redistributors, because this way,

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Anton Khirnov
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:20:19 -0500, Reinhard Tartler siret...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: The only marginal problem is having loads of external libraries pulled in and that might or might not annoying certain people. who do you

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Anton Khirnov
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:10:40 +0100, Anton Khirnov an...@khirnov.net wrote: On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:42:10 +0100, Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: On 21/01/14 19:28, Anton Khirnov wrote: Libavdevice is not really a standalone library, it depends (by definition) on libavformat

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Reinhard Tartler
The only reason I have implemented this pattern is because of licensing reasons: gplv2 only applications must not be linked against gplv3 only libraries. I am not willing to introduce more libraries to avoid dependencies. The current situation is already bad enough. As for the merge itself, I am

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-22 Thread Anton Khirnov
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:54:28 -0500, Reinhard Tartler siret...@gmail.com wrote: The only reason I have implemented this pattern is because of licensing reasons: gplv2 only applications must not be linked against gplv3 only libraries. I am not willing to introduce more libraries to avoid

[libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-21 Thread Anton Khirnov
Libavdevice is not really a standalone library, it depends (by definition) on libavformat internal symbols. As there are no real reason for it to be a separate library, the best solution for the associated ABI problems is to merge it with libavformat. --- Changelog

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-21 Thread Kieran Kunhya
Oh god please no please no. ___ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-21 Thread Hendrik Leppkes
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Kieran Kunhya kier...@obe.tv wrote: Oh god please no please no. +1 ___ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-21 Thread Derek Buitenhuis
On 1/21/2014 9:10 PM, Kieran Kunhya wrote: Oh god please no please no. ph'nglui mglw'nafh libavdevice hell wgah'nagl fhtagn ___ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-21 Thread Luca Barbato
On 21/01/14 19:28, Anton Khirnov wrote: Libavdevice is not really a standalone library, it depends (by definition) on libavformat internal symbols. As there are no real reason for it to be a separate library, the best solution for the associated ABI problems is to merge it with libavformat.

Re: [libav-devel] [RFC] Merge libavdevice into libavformat.

2014-01-21 Thread Anton Khirnov
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:42:10 +0100, Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: On 21/01/14 19:28, Anton Khirnov wrote: Libavdevice is not really a standalone library, it depends (by definition) on libavformat internal symbols. As there are no real reason for it to be a separate library, the