[vlc-devel] [RFC] Shared objects naming

[Pierre d'Herbemont]

On May 15, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Rafaël Carré wrote:

> Le Thu, 15 May 2008 17:55:00 +0300,
> Rémi Denis-Courmont <rdenis at simphalempin.com> a écrit :
>
>> 	Hello,
>>
>> vlc currently spawns two shared objects: the core, providing the
>> not-so-stable plugin API, and the bindings API.
>>
>> It is now obvious, as Zorglub(IIRC) had predicted, that the current
>> names confuse external developpers. It sounds like "libvlc" should be
>> the external binding API rather than the internal/plugin API, as it
>> currently is. It is probably our last chance to re-arrange this
>> before it gets really too late.
>>
>> Hence I would propose that we change the names. Something like:
>> libvlc v1 -> libvlccore v0
>> libvlc-control v1 -> libvlc v2
>>
>> Opinions?

+1

Pierre