Manu Abraham wrote: > Markus Rechberger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> Why don't abstract the dvb layer from enduser applications and put a >> general library infront which does that version check and tries to >> keep things consistend to the end applications? > > It is a nice idea, yes. > > Two things, looking at > http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps/file/4bca5d49c9bd/lib/libdvbapi/dvbfe.c > > * This idea of using multiple API 's was thought (It is effective , yes) > You can use multiple API's in there > > * The down side is that user applications need to use this library > > Someone could ask, why the hell should we use your library. Well, that > causes the headaches. > >> The enduser applications would have to implement that API one time but >> it would help to keep unnecessary changes away from those applications >> and even allow to clean up things lateron without breaking all the >> applications... it's just a thought though.. > > Yes, that's how it would work in the ideal case, i doubt whether we can > force applications to use the library. Although, IIRC, kaffeine uses it. Manu _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
