Re: multimedia and 2.2

[Jorn Baayen <jorn nl linux org>]

On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 18:37, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Jorn Baayen">
> 
> > Seeing the current multimedia mess I think it's not feasible to have
> > full multimedia included in 2.2 (1.5 months to the freeze, apaprantly).
> 
> *Feature* freeze.
> 
> > This will just result in hurries, too early API freezes and not well
> > thought APIs (BonoboUI for example, sorry Michael...), immature apps
> > being shipped, UI inconsistencies, etc etc. IMHO we'd be a lot more safe
> > targetting 2.4, we'd have all the time to sort things out properly.
> 
> > Flame back! ;)
> 
> Sure, I will. :-)
> 
> You *can* get GStreamer, a simple media player (a ported Totem or
> gst-player) and Rhythmbox in, whilst Iain can port gnome-media across to use
> GStreamer, all in this timeframe. It's a sensible goal, and mostly just a
> matter of hacking.

just a matter of hacking for people who are working full time on it and
get paid for it, sure.

Speaking for myself, I also have school and not that much time to hack
on rb lately. RB still has some major issues that need sorting out, and
I'm already spending too much time on it.

Cheers

> 
> Within about two weeks we'll have The 2.2 Plan mostly together (maintainers
> of 2.0.x modules are being emailed for info now), and we'll be ready for the
> additional stuff such as GStreamer and Rhythmbox.
> 
> This is doable. We just have aim at the right stuff for 2.2.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
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