Gstreamer player and Totem will probably need to switch to 0.8 when we will want to implement software video scaling, interactivity (DVD), etc.. I m already planning to branch gst-player to maintain a 0_6 compliant release of it and start switching to the newest GstVideoSink architecture. Cheers dolphy. On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 16:18, in7y118 public uni-hamburg de wrote: > Hi people, > I'm out for opinions again. > There's 2 questions I really want to get nailed down, because I want to steer > our development and Rhythmbox into the right direction. > > 1) Do we want GStreamer 0.8 released in time for Gnome 2.6? > This means: Can we add all the features to the core that are needed for > everything we want supported with that release? We do not need to get all the > plugins feature-complete as they can be extended later on. Another thing is > obviously: Do apps using GStreamer need 0.8 or are they all happily using 0.6? > > 2) What features do we need that need API/ABI changes and that should go into > 0.8? > > I'd like to get that sorted out now so I know if there are deadlines we > need/want to meet. Some people said we want that while others weren't sure we'd > be able to meet that deadline. > And I definitely don't want to look bad again in front of the release team when > we slip schedules again. > > > As for my personal opinion: > 1) > I want 0.8 in 2.6. I hate it that loads of our developers power is lost on some > dead-end branch where it could put to use to do important stuff on the branch > that has a future. > 2) > The features that come to mind immediately are > - interactivity > - tags > - gettext support > - interfaces > > Features that could be implemented without breaking API/ABI later on - during a > stable 0.8 branch: > - more interfaces/implementing interfaces in the plugins > - a new autoplugger > - more plugins > - an extensive testsuite > > > So much for me, > Benjamin > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > gstreamer-devel mailing list > gstreamer-devel lists sourceforge net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel -- Julien MOUTTE (aka Dolphy) Homepage : http://dolphy-tech.net
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