From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 19:16:49 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/7] gstreamer1: Add gstreamer version 1.0.7 package In-Reply-To: <20130512112313.12a809e3@skate> References: <1368158558-6069-1-git-send-email-spenser@gillilanding.com> <1368158558-6069-2-git-send-email-spenser@gillilanding.com> <518D8507.3060909@mind.be> <87k3n5yzj3.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> <20130512112313.12a809e3@skate> Message-ID: <518FCE81.3070002@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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 -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7CB5 E4CC 6C2E EFD4 6E3D A754 F963 ECAB 2450 2F1F