Re: [oe] GStreamer 0.10's future

[Neuer User <auslands-kv@gmx.de>]

Sounds like a good idea.

Am 09.05.2014 21:22, schrieb Burton, Ross:
> On 9 May 2014 16:19, Neuer User <auslands-kv@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Yes, it does, as long as you need QtMultimedia. Same applies to Qt5.
>> There was a discussion on the Qt mailing list about moving to
>> gstreamer1.0, but this seems to be rather some time in the future was my
>> impression.
> 
> So Qt 5.3 won't have GStreamer 1.0 support.  The port is being done in
> a branch so it's possible that it will land in Qt 5.4, which is due to
> be released in the September/October timeframe.
> 
> One option would be to move GStreamer 0.10 into another layer, give
> Qt4/Qt5 disabled-by-default GStreamer 0.10 options and hope that by
> the time Yocto 1.7 is released, Qt5.4 with GStreamer 1.0 is also
> released.  Even as someone who's rather keen on removing cruft from
> oe-core that's a bit too eager for my liking.
> 
> Revised plan unless anyone has a better idea: in 1.7 we'll move
> everything possible away from GStreamer 0.10 but keep 0.10 around
> until the 1.8 cycle, and then revisit the Qt situation.
> 
> Ross
>