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I'm trying to write an application that needs either ALSA or OSS headers. Basically, I want to pass a define to the compiler if /etc/oss.conf does not exist, since that probably means the soundcard.h header doesn't exist (feel free to correct me on that one, I'm still new to working with OSS). Per the OSS documentation, you would use the include directive like so: include /etc/oss.conf CFLAGS := -I$(OSSLIBDIR)/include/sys One problem. OSS support is optional, so I'd want to check if the header exists, and if does, pass a define to the compiler. The problem is, AFAIK there is no way to check if

I tried to use ServiceStack in my current project but found the binaries released were not strong named so i couldn't use it out of the box. When asking on GitHub "why" I got the following answer: it's virally toxic and hinders binding, upgrading, development, deployment, etc. mythz was very laconic so I didn't want to bother him more and asking here. I use a lot of open-source .NET projects like AutoMapper, NUnit, Moq, log4net, Ninject, etc. and their releases are all strong named. Found similar question here, on SO, but it doesn't help me. Is it normal practice in OSS? Why not release both

anyone that can help would be greatly appreciated. I want to setup a video streaming service from my server. I want to store videos on this. Now I was thinking of streaming the video through some form of player (e.g. JWPlayer) and (a) allowing users to step through the video frame by frame (b) tagging the video by associating text (data) with any frame (time) in the video (c) being able to jump to these tags (d) use the tags to reference the video. What are the best components for achieving this with say up to 100 concurrent users? Max. I'm not sure about the server architecture you'd use for

I Understand that Android it's open-source platform, So is there any way to add/modify the default Contacts application, like adding it new skin or new options ? It's very easy to modify the source of a bundled application. What's not so easy is to build and install it, for both reasons of permission and because many of the bundled apps use capabilities not supported in public SDK APIs (sometimes for historic reasons, having been developed before the SDK was released). Most straightforward may be to switch your device from an official ROM to a community developed one, download the full source

As a C# developer that uses MS SQL Server heavily I'd prefer to use what I know; however, for a small project the licensing costs are prohibitive and so I'm looking at using a free open source solution such as MySQL. Which of the free RDBMS solutions are the best in terms of stability, performance, features and ease of use for someone familiar with MS SQL Server? RDBMS I'm considering so far are (in alphabetical order): Firebird Ingres Lucid MySQL PostgreSQL If SQL Server Express is an option, it might be the best choice for you. If not, I'd pick up MySQL or PostgreSQL from your list, they