[XviD-devel] xvid.h installed in unstable tree

[Christoph Lampert]

On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Edouard Gomez wrote:

> Christoph,    could    you    copy    the   unstable    xvid.h    into
> $(PREFIX)/include/xvid.cvs ?

You mean create a directory called xvid.cvs (or rather xvid-cvs as you
write at 1). This would be a rather boring directory with only one file,
but okay, I don't object. 2-pass header could go there, too, so the xvid.h
has some company. 

 
> My 2 "It would be nice to" requests :-)
> 
> 1 -  It would be nice  because this way, transcode  and other projects
> could  base their  modules on  stable xvid  ($PREFIX/include/xvid/) or
> unstable xvid ($PREFIX/include/xvid-cvs/)
> 
> 2 -  It would be  nice to be  able to have  both versions on  the same
> computer, i propose the same  mecanism... add -cvs to the library name
> in unstable tree.


I guess the correct way would be versioning information, wouldn't it?

Old is   libxvidcore.so.0.2.1

new is   libxivdcore.so.0.3.0

Then the application doesn't have to be changed if the "branch" library 
becomes "dev"/"stable" library. How does the app ask for a version of a
lib?

Anyway, if nobody disagrees, I can of course change that.. 

gruel