[FFmpeg-devel] libossupport status

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Saturday, 22 December 2007 at 21:16, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 01:54:19PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 01:20:04PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 01:00:53PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 12:20:51PM +0100, Luca Abeni wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > OTOH if mans/diego want it in a seperate repo on mphq they can create one,
> > > > that is if one exists we can surely put loss there. If not i wont wait for
> > > > root at mphq to create one ...
> > > 
> > > Could you maybe think of a abbreviation for it that isn't an English
> > > word though? ;-)
> > 
> > Yes, keep in mind -loss might clash with "oss emulation" libraries
> > used on some unices. Also I personally still dislike the euphemism of
> > "os support". This library is not about "os support" but about fixing
> > bugs in broken operating systems.
> 
> what about libtrash/scrap/junk/crap/hacks/noposix/nostd ?
> Either way, people please suggest other names dont just say os_support
> and loss are bad!

How about libbrokenos? ;)
lbos in short.

Regards,
R.

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