[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Split libavformat

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 06:46:56PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 04:24:08PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 04:21:04PM +0100, Luca Abeni wrote:
> > > 
> > > Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> > > >> Anyway, for the moment the only ffmpeg code that should be moved to
> > > >> libossupport
> > > >> is libavformat/os_support.* (and maybe some part of network.h?), right?
> > > > 
> > > > I think the question is: do we need/want libossupport?
> > > 
> > > I think yes, unless we want to cause big regressions for some OSs...
> > 
> > I don't think FFmpeg should enter into the operating system business.
> 
> if you want ffmpeg to be useable only on linux then i think you should
> remove yourself from the list of people who have write access to ffmpeg
> svn
> its definitly not my intent to make ffmpeg run only on 1-3 Platforms
> for no reason beyond that we can
> also i dont think our users or the other developers want that ...
> 
> if support requires changes which would lead to less readable or harder
> to maintain code (VC++ for example) droping that is fine
> 
> but arguing that the code doesnt belong into lavf and then arguing that
> we should not create a proper place for such code is very unprofessional
> and egoistic

I never said anything remotely similar to what you imply.

Diego