[SDL] Anyone want to help?

[kwalker at aros.net]

On 16 Sep, Sam Lantinga wrote:
> I'm going to release SDL 0.8 as a stable release.
>>From then on, SDL development will be similar to that of the Linux kernel:
> SDL 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, etc. will be bugfix only releases, and SDL 0.9, 1.1, 1.3,
> etc. will be "development" releases where we experiment and extend SDL.
> In this way, those who need a stable release with bugfixes can use the
> even numbered versions of SDL, and those who want to play with new ideas
> can use the odd numbered developer releases.

If this is going to be the case, would it be possible to name the SDL
libraries with a consistant soname?  By that I mean, could we make sure
that SDL is well-behaved enough to have both the "stable" and
"development" versions on the same machine?  I know several libraries
(I won't name any names) make no allowences for anyone wanting to run
both and therefore they don't work well at all if you've EVER tried to
install both.

> Okay, that said, I have a big list of ideas for SDL that I need help with.
> The projects are:
> 	Joystick support
> 	MIDI support
> 	CD-ROM audio control
> 	Port to MacOS

I'm working on CD-ROM audio control (mostly by taking apart CDP). 
Hopefully I'll have something available soon.  I can't vouch for how
well it'll look or how much work Sam'll have to do to make it fit into
the library, but it should be fairly easy to understand.

> SDL is growing to the point where just to compile and cursorily test
> the games and demos on all supported platforms takes almost a week.

No offense, but I'm glad it's you and not me. :)  I've not tried to
compile anything under Windows, but if it's as much trouble as WRITING
something for Windows, I'm not sure I ever want to have to do it. :P

> I also would like to get volunteers for compiling binaries when a major
> release of SDL comes up.  We need compilers for all the games on the 
> download page on all the platforms:

I'll do what I can on all the x86 GlibC projects.  I may be able to
help with the libC5 as well, if I can get that machine runing again.

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