Re: GNOME and GStreamer

[Elijah Newren <newren gmail com>]

On 1/12/06, Federico Mena Quintero <federico ximian com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 14:08 +0100, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote:
>
> > As you all know GStreamer long ago switched to a system where different
> > stable branches are parallel-installable.  We did this because we knew
> > we were going to change API around a bit before reaching something we
> > want to call 1.0, and because it would help in the future when bigger
> > projects start relying on GStreamer.
>
> The following is in the name of stability; sory if I sound harsh...
>
> You have to commit to a stable API and ABI.  We can't afford to change
> all the applications all the time.
>
> Is all the new API documented?

Uh, I'm not understanding you.  GStreamer isn't a platform module;
it's a desktop module.  Did you mix that up, or are you just trying to
push the GStreamer guys towards becoming a platform module?

Just a little confused...