[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Event loop

[James Almer]

On 2/1/2021 4:14 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
> 1.3. Implement a libev wrapper.
> 
>      Implement the callbacks of the event loop API with libev as
>      back-end.
> 
>      Make it either an example or a build option. A build option would
>      have the benefit of more extensive testing.

I support the idea of it being a build option (Perhaps simply 
--enable-libev, like any other external dep). There's a precedent of 
external libraries being used as backend for certain features, with the 
most prominent example being libsoxr as the resample engine in 
libswresample.

This of course as long as it's not autodetected, so FATE clients don't 
use it. The last thing we want is the internal implementation being 
neglected because all devs use libev.