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authorTim-Philipp Müller <tim.muller@collabora.co.uk>2012-09-24 14:53:57 +0100
committerTim-Philipp Müller <tim.muller@collabora.co.uk>2012-09-24 14:55:16 +0100
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-Release notes for GStreamer libav Plug-ins 0.11.92 "Wish You Were Here"
+Release notes for GStreamer Libav Plugins 1.0.0
+The GStreamer project is pleased to announce the very first release of the
+new API and ABI-stable 1.x series of the GStreamer multimedia framework.
-The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
-in the 0.11.x unstable series of the
-GStreamer libav Plug-ins.
-
+The 1.x series is a stable series targeted at end users. It is not API or ABI
+compatible with the 0.10.x series. It can, however, be installed in parallel
+with the 0.10.x series and will not affect an existing 0.10.x installation.
+Major improvements include: more flexible memory handling; extensible and
+negotiable metadata for buffers; caps negotiation and renegotiation mechanisms,
+decoupled from buffer allocation; improved caps renegotiation; automatic
+re-sending of state for dynamic pipelines; reworked and more fine-grained pad
+probing; simpler and more descriptive audio and video caps; more efficient
+allocation of buffers, events and other mini objects; improved timestamp
+handling; support for gobject-inspection-based language bindings; countless
+other improvements.
-The 0.11.x series is an unstable series targeted at developers and will
-eventually lead up to the stable 1.0 series.
-It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.10.x series.
-It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.10.x series.
+Most of these changes involve the GStreamer plugin API. The application API
+has changed comparatively little, and most applications should be fairly easy
+to port to the new API. There is a porting guide available.
+The GStreamer team would like to thank everyone who helped bring this release
+about, whether by submitting patches, reporting bugs, testing, sponsoring
+development, attending hackfests, or simply supplying moral support.
-This module contains plug-ins using libraries from the libav project.
+This is the end of a long development process, but also the beginning of
+one. This release does not mark the pinnacle of perfection, but the point
+where the team is content with the API and stability and quality of the code
+base in general, especially compared to the old 0.10 series.
+There will be bugs to fix, and starting from this release there will be
+distinct bug-fixing and feature development cycles, with the goal of getting
+bug-fixes out quicker and unencumbered by other more risky changes. See
+ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/ReleasePlanning/RoadMap
-Other modules containing plug-ins are:
+for a tentative road map and possible schedule.
+=== Module
-gst-plugins-base
-contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins
-gst-plugins-ugly
-contains a set of well-supported plug-ins, but might pose problems for
- distributors
-gst-plugins-bad
-contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the
- rigorous quality testing we expect
+This module contains plugins using libraries from the libav project.
+It replaces the gst-ffmpeg module from the 0.10.x series.
+Other modules containing plugins are:
-
+ gst-plugins-base : a basic set of well-supported plugins
+ gst-plugins-good : a set of well-supported plugins under our preferred license
+ gst-plugins-ugly : a set of well-supported plugins, but might pose problems
+ for distributors
+ gst-plugins-bad : a set of less supported plugins that haven't passed the
+ rigorous quality testing we expect
-Features of this release
-
- * Parallel installability with 0.10.x series
- * API cleanup and minor API improvements
- * Lots of bugfixes, cleanup and other improvements
-There were no bugs fixed in this release
-
+==== Download
-Download
+You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download directory:
-You can find source releases of gst-libav in the download directory:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-libav/
+ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/
-GStreamer Homepage
+==== GStreamer Homepage
More details can be found on the project's website:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-
-Support and Bugs
-We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
-http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
+ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-Developers
+==== Support and Bugs
-GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be cloned from there.
-Interested developers of the core library, plug-ins, and applications should
-subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient interest we
-will create more lists as necessary.
+We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
-
-Applications
-
-Contributors to this release
-
- * Edward Hervey
- * Matej Knopp
- * Sebastian Dröge
- * Tim-Philipp Müller
- * Wim Taymans
-  \ No newline at end of file
+ http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
+ or
+ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/bugs/
+
+==== Developers
+
+GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be
+cloned from there. Interested developers of the core library, plugins, and
+applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list and/or pop into
+our #gstreamer IRC channel on Freenode.
+
+==== Contributors to this release
+
+ Alessandro Decina
+ Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller
+ Edward Hervey
+ Mark Nauwelaerts
+ Martin Storsjo
+ Matej Knopp
+ Michael Smith
+ Nicolas Dufresne
+ Robert Swain
+ Sebastian Dröge
+ Sjoerd Simons
+ Stefan Sauer
+ Thomas Vander Stichele
+ Tim-Philipp Müller
+ Vincent Penquerc'h
+ Wim Taymans
+ Руслан Ижбулатов