[haiku-development] Re: VLC to drop BeOS port

  • From: Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:14:36 +0200

Hello,

Am 13.08.2008 um 20:13 schrieb Jorge Mare:


At the last LinuxWorld, Jean-Baptist Kempf of the VLC project visited
our booth, and mentioned that they are planning on dropping the BeOS
platform because it does not have support for C99 which will be a
requirement for the next version of VLC (I hope I got that right, but
Urias can correct me if I am wrong).

I don't know the (technical) implications of this new requirement or
whether it is worthwhile to keep the BeOS port alive or go for a
"clean" Haiku port (as was mentioned on the Ruby port thread
recently).
The VLC port is most likely different from Ruby or APR, in that it is not just a question of BeOS POSIX workarounds but probably also has a GUI based on the Be API. I've heard there are changes concerning the layouting in Haiku, but having them drop pre-C99 support while keeping the BeOS specific code for a migration to Haiku would sound easier. 

Andreas

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