Re: GStreamer: plugins or elements

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

On 1/20/06, Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas apestaart org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There's been some back-and-forth-committing of string changes related to
> this bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321536
>
> On the one hand, it is argued that "element" is more "slangy" than
> "plug-in", and thus the word element should not be used.
>
> On the other hand, GStreamer tries to create elements, not plugins, to
> do its job.  plugins are a construct that can provide elements, among
> other things.
>
> So right now, gnome-media will say that "you're missing the
> gconfaudiosrc plugin", while no such plugin exists.
>
> Also, I don't know if plug-in is that less slangy than element.  I'm
> sure my mom doesn't know what a plug-in is either.
>
> These are visible strings - could the gnome-i18n team advise on what to
> do with this ?

I'd say ask the GNOME Doc team for advise, if they do not already have
advise for this. The Doc team is the authoritive source for all things
regarding GNOME lingua.

Cheers,
Christian