we export vlc_dgettext to plugins so that their messages can be translated
    as well.

    checks as printf. Only works with gcc 3.2 it seems.

* ALL: added a new vlc_list_t common type. vlc_list_find() and vlc_list_release() have been modified
to use this new type.

* Fix for S/PDIF encapsulation on big endian systems.
* S/PDIF output for Mac OS X, courtesy of Heiko Panther <heiko_panthe@mac.com>.

  * ./include/vlc_common.h: we don't try to include inttypes.h with Borland.

    functions to plugins.
  * ./bootstrap: enhanced the project file generation for plugins; we now
    parse makefiles to make this easier.
  * ./modules/**/Modules.am: reworked a few makefiles so that they are more
    easily parsed.

    directory because the two project files are starting to diverge.
  * ./evc/vlc.c: created a specific vlc.c file for Windows CE.
  * ./src/misc/messages.c: as WinCE doesn't have stdout or stderr, the message
    queue outputs to a logfile (until we have a proper interface).

    WIN32 isn't always defined under WinCE, but might be. Grmbl.
  * ./include/*: changed a few u* and s* to uint*_t and int*_t.

    yet so there's little that can be tested, but threads work at least.
  * ./src/extras/libc.c: renamed strndup.c to libc.c because a few other
    libc functions were added (strcasecmp, atof, getenv...).

* ALL: using "%ll" in printf format strings is not portable (notably on win32) so
   we now use the I64Fx familly of macros to print 64 bits numbers (x being
   replaced by d,i,o,u,x or X).
   eg: msg_Dbg( p_this, "sample is "I64Fi" late", ll_time );

* src/misc/messages.c: got rid of ConvertPrintfFormatString().

    which are a generic use of the realloc/memmove/index++ scheme we use for
    dynamic arrays.
  * ./src/misc/variables.c: properly free the choice list upon variable
    destruction.

    int16_t) instead of our custom types (s8, u8, s16) and you are encouraged
    to use these types from now. Of course the old types are still available
    for backward compatibility.

    callbacks.

    under platforms without libintl such as Win32. Use --with-included-gettext
    to test. Might break compilation on systems I don't have access to.

  * ./include/vlc/vlc.h: changed the naming conventions for libvlc. Now
    exported functions start with VLC_ instead of vlc_ to avoid conflicts.
  * ./include/vlc/vlc.h: removed the vlc_object_t, vlc_list_t, vlc_error_t
    and vlc_t types; they are now internal types only.
  * ./include/vlc/vlc.h: merged the reentrant and non-reentrant libvlc
    calls. In non-reentrant mode, we just use 0 as the first argument. In
    reentrant mode, we use an object's ID. (see below)

Internal changes:
  * ./src/libvlc.c, ./src/misc/objects.c: instead of manipulating vlc_object_t
    pointers, we manipulate their i_object_id. When needed, an object is
    retrieved using vlc_object_get (I hope the lookup isn't too expensive,
    that's why I designed the pp_objects layout to allow log2(n) seeks).
  * ./src/misc/objects.c: activated the per-object variable storage. Unused
    yet, unless you want to try "getfoo" and "setfoo blablah" in vlc -I rc.
  * ./include/vlc_objects.h: moved the vlc_object_t and vlc_list_t definitions
    here.

Misc:
  * ./src/vlc.c, ./mozilla/vlcshell.cpp: removed inclusion of config.h in
    code portions not part of libvlc; it was just required for the
    COPYRIGHT_MESSAGE string which is now available from VLC_Version().

    p_libvlc, and each p_vlc is a child of p_libvlc. Reasons for this are:

     o the module bank and the message bank only need to be initialized once,
       which gives faster loads when multiple instances of libvlc are used,
     o we allow the possibility of different p_vlc sharing objects, for
       instance the audio output,
     o the CPU detection is only done once.

    This patch is not polished yet, but I cannot do any intensive tests for
    the moment because of a bug somewhere that leaves audio output objects
    lying here and there which needs to be investigated first. The current
    major issue is that the module bank is no longer freed.

* configure.in: Fixed a typo.

  (see my last mail).
* aout: Rewrote our whole lock policy. The output thread now doesn't require
  the mixer_lock, which might avoid delays. We will also be able to change
  the filter pipelines at runtime.

* ALL : Added a priority argument to vlc_thread_create(), so that audio
and input threads can run with a higher real-time priority, on systems
allowing you to use priorities.

    about a missing m4/Makefile.in.
  * ./include/vlc_common.h: workaround for Borland's redefinition of PACKAGE.

* Audio and video should now _always_ be perfectly in sync.
* Changes in a52.c (end_date management) must be ported to other codecs,
  otherwise mixer errors will appear.
* Audio output plug-in can now tell whether they can handle a little
  clock drift (for instance, inserting zeroes after a pause).

    because <gnome.h> already does it for us.

    vlc_object_find() but returns a list of _all_ the matching objects. Only
    works with FIND_ANYWHERE at the moment.
  * ./modules/gui/gtk/preferences.c, ./modules/gui/kde/preferences.cpp,
    ./modules/gui/win32/preferences.cpp: the module lists in the preferences
    menus work again.
  * ./src/misc/objects.c: added a missing sizeof that caused crashes because
    the reindexing of the global object array was incomplete.
  * ./include/modules_inner.h: propagated the module long description to its
    submodules.

* Prepared for some advances in the aout3 clock management.
* Added the first stone of the forthcoming stream output.

    only have one parent, because I don't want to deal with cycles, and each
    created object is indexed in a global array. This feature is unused yet,
    but it will speed up vlc_object_find(FIND_ANYWHERE).
  * ./debian/rules: activated the faad codec.
  * ./doc/fortunes.txt: new fortune cookies.
  * ./modules/codec/mpeg_video/headers.c: reduced the use of attach/detach.
  * ./modules/audio_output/oss.c: fixed two compilation warnings.

  * ALL: lots of -ansi -pedantic fixes.

    demux plugins (ps, ts, but also dvd*).
  * ./src/input/mpeg_system.c: removed MPEG-related stuff from the vlc core.
  * ./src/misc/modules.c: max recursion level is now 5.
  * ./modules/access/dvdplay/es.c: fixed a buffer overflow.

    about 2000 lines of code.

    I could not test everything on every architecture, so please report
    any module breakage (especially on BeOS, OSX and QNX).

  * include/input_ext-intf.h: killed p_es->b_audio, since i_cat already fills
    its purpose.
  * include/input_ext-intf.h: killed p_es->i_type in favour of p_es->i_fourcc.
  * include/video.h: killed p_pic->p_plane->b_margin; now i_visible_pitch is
    always valid.

  * ./src/libvlc.h: replaced --mpeg-adec and --ac3-adec with --codec; see
    vlc --help for more information.

  * include/video.h: removed fourcc values which should _not_ be global
    (thanks fenrir for convincing me).
  * ALL: video output plugins use the VLC_FOURCC macro to build their fourccs.
  * ./plugins/beos/InterfaceWindow.cpp: removed the last remaining call to
    input_ChangeES.

   Things I'm not sure about and need comments:
    - I used "mpga" and "mpgv" for MPEG (1+2) audio and video fourcc values.
    - I also introduced "spu ", "lpcm" and "ac3 ".
    - I removed for instance "MP4_GetCodec" because it wasn't really
      used except for the description string. I hope this change did not
      break anything really important.
    - fenrir, I must have broken a lot of things you wrote. Sorry in advance.

  * ./src/libvlc.c, ./include/vlc/vlc.h: created reentrant versions of the
    libvlc API.
  * ./src/vlc.c: vlc uses the non-reentrant libvlc functions.
  * ./mozilla/vlcplugin.c: the mozilla plugin uses the reentrant functions.
  * ./debian/*: created packages for libvlc0-dev.

* ./doc/vlc-howto.sgml : Fixed typos ;
* ./include/vlc_common.h : Greatly simplified ntoh*, and U??_AT macros are
  now alignment-safe ;
* ./STATUS : New file indicating who's working on what. Please keep it
  up-to-date ;
* ./MAINTAINERS : New file indicating who has knowledge on which parts.

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

    to be still crashing.