Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-22 Thread Reinhard Tartler
severity 499683 wishlist tags 499683 help reassign 499683 libavcodec-dev stop Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >> Do you have time and energy to start that discussion? > > I'm not on the ffmpeg devel list anymore, so not really to be honest.

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-22 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, as this affects the way in which people would write source > code for ffmpeg (Debian's or upstream's), I think we should bring it > up upstream. Do you have time and energy to start that discussion? Given that the attitude of ffmpeg developers

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-22 Thread Loïc Minier
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Do you have time and energy to start that discussion? I'm not on the ffmpeg devel list anymore, so not really to be honest. I hope I don't get the lazy tag for this, but I just wanted to point out that it's a valid request and bug, just one to dis

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-22 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Why don't you include this in the file that is including ffmpeg's > headers? Check "grep G_BEGIN /usr/include/g* -rl | wc -l" if you have some gtk/gnome libs installed, or "grep 'extern "C"' /usr/include -r | wc -l" if you don't; on my system, hun

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-21 Thread Reinhard Tartler
"Jon Thackray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok. But Ubuntu, a Debian derivative, has taken the decision to fix the > problem. So now, C++ source is non-portable between Debian and > Ubuntu. This doesn't do much for the user experience. Since I maintain the package in both Debian and Ubuntu, I ca

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-21 Thread Jon Thackray
quot;Jon Thackray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 5:22 PM Subject: Re: Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection tags 499683 wontfix stop "Jon Thackray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Whe

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-21 Thread Reinhard Tartler
tags 499683 wontfix stop "Jon Thackray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When including avcodec.h in C++ source (and also avutils.h and > swscale.h), the compiler mangles the names. This then causes link > failures because the corresponding libraries have unmangled names. The > code that is missin

Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

2008-09-21 Thread Jon Thackray
Package: libavcodec-dev Version: 0.svn20080206-12 Severity: important When including avcodec.h in C++ source (and also avutils.h and swscale.h), the compiler mangles the names. This then causes link failures because the corresponding libraries have unmangled names. The code that is missing is