2013-02-21, 12:45
Presently, there are 11 patches for libshairport in the xbmc trunk (lib/libshairport/*.patch).
I would like to propose that these be merged into the libshairport project, and a new version of libshairport be tagged.
The rationale for this is that libshairport has it's own package on a number of linux distributions so far, most of which pull the source for libshairport, then apply the patches in the XBMC trunk. By ensuring these patches are merged into libshairport, it would simplify the process of getting the latest version of libshairport, it would help push it's adoption as a standalone library (rather than something that would only be used by XBMC), and provide a clearer separation of concerns between XBMC and libshairport.
It has been indicated to me that this is the best place to open the discussion to such changes, I apologize for the misclassification of this forum thread.
I would like to propose that these be merged into the libshairport project, and a new version of libshairport be tagged.
The rationale for this is that libshairport has it's own package on a number of linux distributions so far, most of which pull the source for libshairport, then apply the patches in the XBMC trunk. By ensuring these patches are merged into libshairport, it would simplify the process of getting the latest version of libshairport, it would help push it's adoption as a standalone library (rather than something that would only be used by XBMC), and provide a clearer separation of concerns between XBMC and libshairport.
It has been indicated to me that this is the best place to open the discussion to such changes, I apologize for the misclassification of this forum thread.