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@@ -1,51 +1,34 @@ -GStreamer: Release notes for GStreamer 0.8.9 "Like Eating Glass" +GStreamer: Release notes for GStreamer 0.9.1 "Left" -The GStreamer team is happy to announce a new release -in the 0.8.x stable series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework. +The GStreamer team is petrified to announce a new release +in the 0.9.x development series of the +core of the GStreamer streaming media framework. -The 0.8.x series is a stable series aimed at end users. -It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.6.x series. -It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.6.x series. +The 0.9.x series is a development series and not recommended for end users. +It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series. +It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series. -This module only contains core functionality. For actual media playback, -you will need other modules. GStreamer Plugins contains a huge set of -additional plugins. GStreamer FFmpeg contains a plugin based on the popular -FFmpeg decoding library. These modules need not have the same source version -as the core, as long as they are in the 0.8.x series. +The main focus of the 0.9 series is to make GStreamer threadsafe. + + +This module, gstreamer, only contains core functionality. +For actual media playback, you will need other modules. +gst-plugins-base contains a basic set of well-supported plugins. + +Other modules will be released later on when they are ready. Features of this release - * Parallel installability with 0.6.x series - * Internationalization - * Probe fixes - * Thread and queue fixes fixes - * Documentation updates - * New translation added: Vietnamese (Clytie Siddall) - * Important GstBin state change fix - see #166371 if you subclass + * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series + * Threadsafe design and API Bugs fixed in this release - * 94464 : [threads] gst_scheduler_add_scheduler() doesn't ref passe... - * 123775 : [PATCH] [api] setting state on element should force highe... - * 142588 : [threads] if all elements have been removed from a bin, s... - * 150546 : [api] Error for calling gst_pad_push in a get function is... - * 162276 : [build] gstregistry.h and gstxmlregistry.c don't build wi... - * 163234 : [PATCH] plugin loading isn't thread-safe - * 163383 : [PATCH] ogm plugins won't register - * 163801 : [PATCH] mem leak in xml registry loading - * 164062 : [PATCH] tee capsnego is broken - * 164261 : [PATCH] GST parsing doesn't recognise urls without a file... - * 165272 : [PATCH] Problem compiling gstreamer 0.8.8 - * 165365 : [PATCH] gst_string_wrap() segfaults on NULL strings - * 165922 : add locking in opt - * 166269 : Typo in current .po file msgid string - * 166362 : data discarded by probes is leaked - * 166371 : GstBin derived classes not notified of state change Download @@ -73,27 +56,19 @@ will create more lists as necessary. Applications -Applications already ported to use GStreamer 0.8.x include the GNOME -desktop components like gnome-media and nautilus-media, as well as other -GNOME applications including sound-juicer, totem and RhythmBox. +At this point, ports of existing applications to 0.9 are still experimental. +There are patches for totem and jamboree. Contributors to this release * Andy Wingo - * Benjamin Otte - * Clytie Siddall * David Schleef * Edward Hervey * Jan Schmidt - * Luca Ognibene * Ronald Bultje - * Sebastien Cote * Stefan Kost - * Stephane Loeuillet - * Stephane Wirtel * Thomas Vander Stichele * Tim-Philipp Müller - * Vincent Torri * Wim Taymans |