[vlc-devel] [vlc-commits] contrib: add portaudio

[Rafaël Carré]

Le Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:24:33 +0100,
Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> a écrit :

> On Mon,  7 Nov 2011 05:54:15 +0100 (CET), git at videolan.org (Rafaël Carré)
> wrote:
> > vlc | branch: master | Rafaël Carré <funman at videolan.org> | Sun Nov  6
> > 23:36:38 2011 -0500| [1124b708e8b167c732bc0560ecb9303ed8c96a75] |
> > committer: Rafaël Carré
> > 
> > contrib: add portaudio
> 
> I don't really see the point in portaudio in contribs.
> 
> What platforms needs it? Why does that hypothetical platform not have a
> proper native output?

We distribute it on win32 builds.

j-b? Why is that needed anyway, can we remove it from contrib completely?

> Why is it enabled on other platforms (Linux,
> Windows...) that clearly do not need it?

to raise attention about the usefulness of portaudio (and it worked!)

-- 
Rafaël Carré