[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/7] gstreamer1: Add gstreamer version 1.0.7 package

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 12/05/13 11:23, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Sat, 11 May 2013 23:31:12 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>
>> >  Arnout>  We have a tendency to make a copy of a package when there is a major
>> >  Arnout> version change, cfr. python3 and qt5. However, in this case, I don't
>> >  Arnout> think it's a good idea. At this time, many (most?) gstreamer
>> >  Arnout> downstreams have already moved to 1.x. Also, no more patches will be
>> >  Arnout> made the the 0.10 series (though distro's may still make patches). So
>> >  Arnout> we can expect the old gstreamer stuff to die out relatively
>> >  Arnout> quickly. But if we call the new thing gstreamer1 now, we're
>> >  Arnout> essentially stuck with that name for all eternity.
>> >
>> >I'm not so sure. If you look at the other recent major version upgrades
>> >(python/qt/gtk), it seems to me like people aren't jumping on the new
>> >version right away. I had several people asking me if qt4 would still be
>> >available once qt5 got added.
> I agree. I recently had a customer using Buildroot, with a fairly
> important stack of custom/proprietary software written on top of
> gstreamer 0.10. Having the possibility to continue to use gstreamer
> 0.10 is very important to allow such users to migrate to newer
> Buildroot versions. The migration to gstreamer 1.x will not happen
> overnight for such users who have a large body of software written
> against gstreamer 0.10.
>
> Similarly for Qt4 vs. Qt5, as Peter mentioned.

  Fair enough. I guess Peter's right, having the 1 in the name doesn't hurt.

  Regards,
  Arnout


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