[Ffmpeg-devel] [RFC] use optimized routines "à la" SMP-alternatives

[Uoti Urpala]

On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 09:44 +0200, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
> GNU is indeed somewhat following the footsteps of Microsoft on the
> "embrace and extend" strategy (c.f. the discussion on the "visibility"
> patch). Bummer!

What exactly is it that you're complaining about? What would have been a
better or more compatible/standard way to add support for those
features? If you're implying that new features can not be added via
_any_ process that doesn't make much sense.