[vlc-devel] [RFC] Shared objects naming

Felix Paul Kühne fkuehne.videolan at googlemail.com
Fri May 16 16:17:51 CEST 2008


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On 15.05.2008, at 16:55, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:

> 	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?
Good point!

+1

F.


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