[FFmpeg-devel] Cleanup libswscale and reimplement GPL code under LGPL

[Luca Barbato]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 03:18:37PM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
>> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>>> Fine by me, still I'd like to have libswscale completely reshaped so it 
>>>> can be used (if that as additional bonus makes the separate libswscale 
>>>> tree die, bonus)
>>> What do you mean by "completely reshaped"?
>>> And  "can be used"?
>> The swscale api isn't exactly documented 
> 
> Document it ...
> 
> 
>> and last time I had to use it I 
>> found it a bit different than the rest of libav* and not as nice.
> 
> elaborate

function naming a bit inconsistent (some camelCased some 
underscore_separated), 5> params in many functions, large use of defines 
while enums could be used.

> 
> 
>> I'd 
>> like to have it in a better shape. Not to mention the internal 
>> structure, that is a complete pain.
> 
> elaborate

It intermixes mmx code and arch independent code, it uses some kind of 
templating, adding other arches may lead to an unmaintainable mess.

lu


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