strndup to a separate file so that Win32 can benefit from it.
  * ./include/vlc_threads.h: Borland compilation fix.

    to be still crashing.

  * ./src/interface/interface.c: interfaces are no longer attached only to
    p_vlc.
  * ./src/libvlc.c, ./src/misc/modules.c, ./src/playlist/playlist.c,
    ./src/input/input.c: improvements in the playlist handling (not quite that
    yet though).
(ported from v0_4_1_branch)
  * ./configure.in, ./plugins/mpeg_system/mpeg_ts.c: fixed libdvbpsi handling.
  * ./src/misc/configuration.c: fixed the --nofoo option handling.
  * ./src/interface/main.c: fixed two compilation warnings under Solaris.

* ./include/vlc_common.h: got rid of i_thread in VLC_COMMON_MEMBERS.

* ./include/vlc_threads.h: re-merged vlc_threads.h and threads_funcs.h.

  * ./include/main.h: replaced p_sys with explicit variables because it's
    really much simpler this way. Gildas, will you ever forgive me ? :-)

   As for video output 4, this breaks almost everything, but I'll slowly
  do what remains to be fixed during the weekend.

   Changes in vlc:
   ===============

  * vlc is now a very small program (20 lines) which uses the libvlc API;
   it is quite simple for the moment but can be extended in the future.

  * interfaces, decoders, video outputs, etc. are now almost the same
   objects (yes, I know, this is C++ redone in C) and are structured in
   a tree. More about this later, but basically it allows the following
   nice features:
    - several interfaces
    - several playlists with several outputs
    - input plugins spawning helper interfaces (will be used for DVD menus)
    - anything spawning anything; I swear there are useful uses for this!

  * libvlc can be used in other programs; I'm currently writing a Mozilla
   plugin for my employer.

   Things currently broken:
   ========================

  * most interfaces, most ports
  * the playlist handling (almos...

  * ./src/misc/iso_lang.c: the language prototypes now use the const keyword.

    and mipspro doesn't know about __inline__).

when closing a  networking stream instead of input_FDClose().  It is due
to WIN32  because we have  to call  closesocket() instead of  close() to
close the socket. The problem was  : windows did not leave the multicast
group when closing the socket.

  * input_ext-plugins.c : where is located the function
  * *.h : function declaration
  * udp.c, http.c : these modules now call input_FDNetworkClose()

  * include/common.h, src/misc/modules_plugin.h: export the 3 new functions.
  * plugins/dvd/dvd_es.c, plugins/dvd/dvd_summary.c, plugins/dvdread/input_dvdread.c: adapted DecodeLanguage calls to the new behaviour.
  * plugins/mpeg_system/mpeg_ts.c: ISO-639-2 descriptors handling.

    * include/common.h and input_ext-plugins.h, src/misc/modules_plugin.h : export input_ClockGetTS for plugins.
    * plugins/mpeg_system/mpeg_audio.c : a demux for mpeg audio stream (file, web radio ...)
    * Makefile configure.in : to compile it

    options callbacks.

    They don't take any argument for the moment, but this will change when
    I'm finished with my other vlc changes. There is a little problem: the
    Gtk+ interface keeps calling Put***Variable each time we click on "Apply"
    or "Save". I think it should only call it once. Is there a way to fix
    this? Gildas? lool? :-)

* moved the function definitions from threads.h into threads_funcs.h. This
   allows us to move p_main_sys into p_main (p_main->p_sys).
* fixed the --with-gtk-config-path and --with-sdl-config-path options in
   configure.in

  * ./include/video.h: moved vout_CopyPicture out of the way, an inline
    function did not make sense here.
  * ./include/video.h: moved vout_ChromaCmp out of the way.
  * ./plugins/avi/fourcc.h, ./include/video.h: merged these two files into
    video.h.
  * ./include/os_specific.h: this file is now always included.
  * ./include/debug.h: removed this file which was almost useless, and moved
    ASSERT to common.h.
  * ./include/common.h: fixed vlc_memalign and changed its prototype to
    follow posix_memalign's.

* Added a mpeg_ts_dvbpsi module tha uses libdvbpsi to decode PSIs. It is
  used by default if the lib is found. It shares much code with mpeg_ts

  * ALL: renamed PLUGINS to __PLUGINS__ to avoid conflicts with libraries
    defining it. Grmbl.
  * ./src/input/input_ext-plugins.c: cosmetic change.

* added config_GetFloatVariable() and config_PutFloatVariable() to the config
  module.
* added a --zoom <float> config option.
* added a call to RestoreCPUState() in InitIDCT() in idct_sparse.h so that the
  FPU is still available after a call to InitIDCT().
* deactivate stream buffering when logging to a file.

  * ALL: internationalized all configuration strings.
  * ./src/interface/main.c: we now set LC_CTYPE to get the right charset.
  * ./src/misc/configuration.c: lots of simplifications in the code.
  * ./po/vlc/pot: updated translations.

  * ./AUTHORS: added people locations, just for fun.
  * ./configure.in: disabled SSE plugins when using mingw32.
  * ./src/misc/configuration.c: disabled the AltiVec warning message on the
    PowerPC platform because it was misleading.

  * ./plugins/win32/intfwin.bpr: we now build intfwin.so at the right place.
  * ./plugins/win32/Makefile: intfwin.so can be built using commandline.
  * ./configure.in, ./include/threads.h, ./include/common.h: a custom defs.h
    file isn't needed for the intfwin plugin anymore.
  * ./INSTALL.win32: updated compilation instructions for the intfwin plugin.

* introduced a memalign wrapper that will align the memory manually if
  memalign doesn't exist.

  void *vlc_memalign( size_t align, size_t size, void **pp_orig )
  where the return value is the aligned pointer and *pp_orig is the pointer
  that has to be freed afterwards.

  the arithmetic I'm doing on the pointer to align it is not portable to
  64bits architectures. If someone knows how to something portable, please
  tell me ( and no I don't want to do if(sizeof(void *) == blabla) ).

  Other little problem, I was planning to use posix_memalign by default in
  the wrapper implementation but it doesn't work (someone can tell me what
  I'm doing wrong ?)

* re-enabled the sse plugins on win32 as we don't have anymore alignment
  issues.

* fixed typo in vout_directx.c

* New pthread implementation for WinNT/2K/XP. This implementation shouldn't
  be subject to race conditions as it is using SignalObjectAndWait() from the
  Win32 API.
  As this should be somehow slower than the old method (still used on Win9x),
  you can specify that you want to use the old method with the "fast_pthread"
  config option.

* Added a new p_main_sys global variable. This variable is a pointer to an
  OS specific structure which is defined in *_specific.h. This structure can
  be filled by the already existing System_Init() function and is a nice
  way to avoid too many #ifdefs.

* Fixes for the Win32_msvc build

 * Added a win32 interface plugin, developed with Borland C++ Builder.
   To build the plugin, follow the instructions in INSTALL-win32.txt

 * Known bugs:
        - subtitles don't work
        - a crash occurs when the user exits by pressing 'q' in the vout
        - when moving the slider, position in the stream updates even if
          the slider isn't released yet

 * TODO list:
        - clean code in menu.cpp
        - adapt lool's enhancements of the Gtk+ preferences box
        - write drag-and-drop stuff
        - and of course, fix known bugs :)

 * For those of you who can't wait till the next release to test the win32
   interface, binary files are available here:
   http://www.via.ecp.fr/~ipkiss/intfwin/vlc.zip
   Enjoy!

  * ./include/common.h: fixed the compilation fix for Borland C++ :)

  * ./include/common.h: compilation fix for Borland C++.

* This the last piece of the new configuration module. You can now save your
configuration options (only from the gtk/gnome interface for now). The config
file will be saved as ~/.VideoLan/vlc

It's not quite yet finished (well there are a few small details to sort out),
but I'm going away for the week-end and I wanted to commit this before so you
can all have a play with it :)

* New GTK configuration interface. This interface is generated dynamically
  at run-time from the configuration data contained in each plugin.
* config_PutPszVariable and config_GetPszVariable are now thread safe.
* Few modifications/optimizations to the config module.
* Got rid of all the _VAR macros in config.h

This is the first version of the GTK configuration interface. There are still
a few raw corners and a fews things left to do, but it basically does what
I wanted.
Constructive comments like it sucks or it smells rotten fish are of course
very welcome. And if there are GTK gurus out there, please don't hesitate to
add your touch.

I also started to add usefull comments to the configuration options but I'm not
really good at this kind of thing so if people want to help, they can finish
the job. For this look at all the *_LONGTEXT macros at the top of main.c

(PS: Translations will also be appreciated but not right now as the interface
will likely change again in the few coming days)

for BT ;
* --6 and --4 options to force IPv6 or IPv4 (FIXME: it should be -6 and
-4 but I don't know how to do it with the new configuration module) ;
* Channel manager now uses a socket from the network plug-in and is more
portable (and probably broken, too :) ;
* input_ReadPS and input_ReadTS are now in mpeg_system.c to be more
easily reused by plug-ins other than mpeg_ps and mpeg_ts.

That's all for tonight.

  * Got rid of int_types.h and did a few changes Ipkiss will need. Hope I
    did not break other platforms.

* fixed compilation problem related to ssize_t

 * Various Win32 compilation fixes.
 * DVD compiles, but doesn't work yet.
 * Fixed some typos in my previous Win32 multicast commit

- Major rewrite of the buffer core functions
- Modularity of access plugins (file, udp, http)
- Modularity of network stack (ipv4, soon ipv6)
- Autodetection of the type of stream

And a new killing feature : HTTP streams are now seekable.

Please note that dvd, dvdread and vcd plug-ins are broken and thus disabled.

  * ./include/common.h: BeOS compile fixes.
  * ./plugins/beos/vout_beos.cpp: fixed BeOS video output.

  * Fixed a quite old bug in the audio output which made the sound stutter
    when wrapping around the audio output fifo.
  * Lots of simplifications in the audio output, got rid of b_stereo.

in multi-program streams (such as ones provided by a DVB-S card).