Release 0.10.21

Original commit message from CVS: Release 0.10.21
2024-11-15 22:01:27 +00:00 · 2008-10-02 23:59:53 +00:00 · 2008-10-02 23:59:53 +00:00 · 3419fac41b
commit 3419fac41b
parent 92495783eb
9 changed files with 197 additions and 154 deletions
--- a/11
+++ b/11
@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+=== release 0.10.21 ===
+
+2008-10-02  Jan Schmidt <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  releasing 0.10.21, "Take These Things From Me"
+
 2008-09-28  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>

 	* configure.ac:
@ -787,7 +794,7 @@

 2008-07-12  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>

-	Patch by: tmatth <le dot businessman at gmail dot com>
+	Patch by: Tristan Matthews <le dot businessman at gmail dot com>

 	* docs/pwg/building-testapp.xml:
 	Don't use an undeclared variable in the example program.
@ -1254,7 +1261,7 @@

 2008-06-20  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>

-	Patch by: joel larsson <tilljoel at gmail dot com>
+	Patch by: Joel Larsson <tilljoel at gmail dot com>

 	* docs/plugins/gstreamer-plugins.args:
 	* plugins/elements/gstfdsrc.c: (gst_fd_src_class_init),
--- a/69
+++ b/69
@ -1,4 +1,71 @@
-This is GStreamer 0.10.20 "You Crazy Diamond"
+This is GStreamer 0.10.21 "Take These Things From Me"
+
+Changes since 0.10.20:
+
+      * Basetransform rework
+      * Basesink synchronisation extensions
+      * New documentation
+      * Many bug fixes, enhancements and optimisations
+
+Bugs fixed since 0.10.20:
+
+      * 481169 : [tag] add support for geo tags (gps location etc.)
+      * 520694 : adding GST_TAG_KEYWORDS
+      * 538201 : deleting the control point at ts=0 does not lower the con...
+      * 544855 : fakesrc and fakesink should call super::event()
+      * 339795 : [GstBaseTransform] Reverse negotiation issues in passthro...
+      * 348114 : [PPC64?] [gcc-4.1.2?] GST_BUFFER_IN_CAPS flag should have...
+      * 361718 : [basetransform] needs API to force renegotiation
+      * 533856 : gst_buffer_join() documentation is unclear
+      * 536978 : GTKDOC_CFLAGS should include CFLAGS
+      * 537804 : [multiqueue] wrongly reporting that the queue is full.
+      * 537812 : [check] add api to setup a pad by name
+      * 538568 : Add GST_TAG_ATTACHMENT
+      * 539772 : gst_pad_template_new() does more than call g_object_new()
+      * 542175 : gst-inspect --gst-plugins-path fails with multiple direct...
+      * 543444 : gst_base_sink_get_position can return 0 unexpectedly
+      * 543853 : Bison version check failure on OSX 10.4 Tiger
+      * 544174 : [basesrc] allow dynamic value of the seekable value.
+      * 544776 : [win32] binary registry may fail if glib is using a diffe...
+      * 545352 : gsturi is too restrictive
+      * 545603 : gst-inspect: don't print uri handler when compiled withou...
+      * 545605 : gstelementfactory: don't use uri handler code without uri...
+      * 545607 : gst: include gstconfig when using macros defined therein
+      * 545853 : [basetransform] rewrite
+      * 546328 : fractions with G_MAXINT cause failure for fixation
+      * 546822 : gstreamer doesn't tell gettext to output its translations...
+      * 547277 : filesrc detect if a file is seekable using SEEK_SET and n...
+      * 547728 : [basetransform] fail on buffer_alloc 
+      * 548394 : basesink should ignore EOS during flushing
+      * 548652 : [Inconsistency] GST_TAG_LOCATION is used for different me...
+      * 549504 : Thread-safe version of gst_pad_get_internal_links()
+      * 551952 : Need 'check' package when compile
+      * 551978 : Memleak in gst_element_sync_state_with_paren
+      * 547835 : tee release_request_pad while buffer_alloc racyness
+      * 538628 : Patch: added a timeout property to fdsrc used in gst_poll...
+      * 546883 : [basetransform] ximagesink fails when resizing video window
+      * 551509 : gst_base_transform_prepare_output_buffer: assertion faile...
+
+API added since 0.10.20:
+
+      * Add GST_TAG_ATTACHMENT for generic file attachments to streams.
+      * Add gst_base_sink_set_render_delay()
+      * Add gst_base_sink_get_render_delay()
+      * Add gst_check_setup_src_pad_by_name
+      * Add gst_check_setup_sink_pad_by_name
+      * Add gst_check_teardown_pad_by_name
+      * Add GstBaseTransform::gst_base_transform_suggest()
+      * GstBaseTransform::gst_base_transform_reconfigure()
+      * GstPad::gst_pad_set_iterate_internal_links_function()
+      * GstPad::GstPadIterIntLinkFunction
+      * GstPad::gst_pad_iterate_internal_links()
+      * GstPad::gst_pad_iterate_internal_links_default()
+
+API deprecated since 0.10.20:
+
+      * gst_pad_get_internal_links()
+      * gst_pad_set_internal_link_function()
+      * gst_pad_get_internal_links_default()

 Changes since 0.10.19:

--- a/179
+++ b/179
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

-Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.20 "You Crazy Diamond"
+Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.21 "Take These Things From Me"
        


@ -37,113 +37,71 @@ contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the

 Features of this release
    
-      * Add the Presets interface
-      * Use the binary registry by default
-      * Deprecate gst_element_get_pad and don't use it anywhere any more.
-      * Reverse playback fixes
-      * API to get missing element messages from parse_launch parsing.
-      * Fixes in latency calculations
-      * BaseTransform negotiation fixes
-      * New Buffering query and messages
-      * Fix multiqueue deadlocks when changing limits
-      * Remove pre-generated parser hacks and require newer flex/bison
-      * Use GSlice in more places
-      * Use static strings in property declarations everywhere to save memory allocations
-      * Fix unaligned memory accesses with the binary registry and add CRC checks
-      * Lots of other bug fixes
+      * Basetransform rework
+      * Basesink synchronisation extensions
+      * New documentation
+      * Many bug fixes, enhancements and optimisations

 Bugs fixed in this release
     
-      * 535069 : basesrc no longer support non-flushing seeks on itself
-      * 522882 : Add a configure option to enable/disable OPTION_PARSING i...
-      * 396779 : Preset interface for elements
-      * 359653 : GStreamer Binary Registry patch
-      * 401456 : [API] Rename gst_bin_find_unconnected_pad to gst_bin_find...
-      * 446763 : [identity] leaks events in single segment mode
-      * 459862 : typefinding coud be more efficient
-      * 461253 : Crash when gst_base_transform_prepare_output_buffer is se...
-      * 489269 : valgrind option parameter invalid for valgrind 2.2
-      * 508070 : gstreamer crashes whilst trying to read .so files in .deb...
-      * 512577 : GstTagMergeMode doc has slightly incorrect explanation
-      * 512578 : gst_tag_setter_merge_tags can mess up with KEEP_ALL merge...
-      * 514507 : gst-xmlinspect outputs text instead of xml for plugins
-      * 518022 : [libgstnet] MSVC 6.0 compile error due to socklen_t
-      * 518932 : Expose gst_segment_copy() to facilitate wrapping of GstSe...
-      * 520468 : Add a Env to enable/disable scan_and_update_registry for ...
-      * 522326 : use of 'char*' instead of 'const char*' in gst_caps_set_s...
-      * 523798 : [API] Some GstMiniObject enhancements
-      * 523806 : Should use G_PARAM_STATIC_(NAME|NICK|BLURB) when possible
-      * 523978 : Documentation fixes.
-      * 523985 : [PATCH] [identity] meta-writes buffers without meta-writa...
-      * 524659 : Add specific error code for encrypted streams (e.g. WMA/A...
-      * 525532 : [fakesink/fakesrc/identity] Uses GObject marshallers for ...
-      * 526042 : [identity] check-imperfect-timestamp doesn't handle new s...
-      * 526236 : mingw32 gstpoll compilation fix
-      * 526247 : Actually build dlls when cross-compiling with mingw32
-      * 526705 : GstIndexResolver uses nickname field as description field
-      * 526768 : Basetransform bufferalloc passing through too easily
-      * 526814 : [API] add gst_pad_add_{data,event,buffer}_probe_full() wi...
-      * 527967 : gst_gerror_get_type is not thread safe
-      * 528187 : Get missing elements from gst_parse_launch()
-      * 528868 : URI schemes/protocols should be handled case insensitive
-      * 529148 : Make gstqueue give the right min latency
-      * 530317 : GType registration error - race condition when parallel c...
-      * 530637 : queue leak on capacity change
-      * 531538 : Race between gst_bus_set_flushing and async bus watches
-      * 533490 : gst_message_new_warning() should take const gchar*
-      * 533635 : gst_event_new_tag() documentation should say it takes own...
-      * 533740 : [API] add gst_typefind_suggest_simple()
-      * 533865 : gst_element_get_pad() should really be deprecated
-      * 534258 : basesink not accumulated time in some cases.
-      * 535218 : gst_base_src_send_event will block if basesrc is blocking...
-      * 536723 : Misspelled word in error string
-      * 536744 : Must link to libdl if dladdr() is used
-      * 536780 : gcc 4.3.0 compile warnings
-      * 536857 : DATADIR definition conflicts with windows headers
-      * 525961 : Build fails on darwin
-      * 535285 : Correct reference to GST_URI_UNKNOWN in gst_element_facto...
+      * 481169 : [tag] add support for geo tags (gps location etc.)
+      * 520694 : adding GST_TAG_KEYWORDS
+      * 538201 : deleting the control point at ts=0 does not lower the con...
+      * 544855 : fakesrc and fakesink should call super::event()
+      * 339795 : [GstBaseTransform] Reverse negotiation issues in passthro...
+      * 348114 : [PPC64?] [gcc-4.1.2?] GST_BUFFER_IN_CAPS flag should have...
+      * 361718 : [basetransform] needs API to force renegotiation
+      * 533856 : gst_buffer_join() documentation is unclear
+      * 536978 : GTKDOC_CFLAGS should include CFLAGS
+      * 537804 : [multiqueue] wrongly reporting that the queue is full.
+      * 537812 : [check] add api to setup a pad by name
+      * 538568 : Add GST_TAG_ATTACHMENT
+      * 539772 : gst_pad_template_new() does more than call g_object_new()
+      * 542175 : gst-inspect --gst-plugins-path fails with multiple direct...
+      * 543444 : gst_base_sink_get_position can return 0 unexpectedly
+      * 543853 : Bison version check failure on OSX 10.4 Tiger
+      * 544174 : [basesrc] allow dynamic value of the seekable value.
+      * 544776 : [win32] binary registry may fail if glib is using a diffe...
+      * 545352 : gsturi is too restrictive
+      * 545603 : gst-inspect: don't print uri handler when compiled withou...
+      * 545605 : gstelementfactory: don't use uri handler code without uri...
+      * 545607 : gst: include gstconfig when using macros defined therein
+      * 545853 : [basetransform] rewrite
+      * 546328 : fractions with G_MAXINT cause failure for fixation
+      * 546822 : gstreamer doesn't tell gettext to output its translations...
+      * 547277 : filesrc detect if a file is seekable using SEEK_SET and n...
+      * 547728 : [basetransform] fail on buffer_alloc
+      * 548394 : basesink should ignore EOS during flushing
+      * 548652 : [Inconsistency] GST_TAG_LOCATION is used for different me...
+      * 549504 : Thread-safe version of gst_pad_get_internal_links()
+      * 551952 : Need 'check' package when compile
+      * 551978 : Memleak in gst_element_sync_state_with_paren
+      * 547835 : tee release_request_pad while buffer_alloc racyness
+      * 538628 : Patch: added a timeout property to fdsrc used in gst_poll...
+      * 546883 : [basetransform] ximagesink fails when resizing video window
+      * 551509 : gst_base_transform_prepare_output_buffer: assertion faile...

 API changed in this release
     
 - API additions:
    
-* Add GST_IS_PARAM_SPEC_MINI_OBJECT, GST_PARAM_SPEC_MINI_OBJECT
-        GST_TYPE_PARAM_MINI_OBJECT and gst_value_dup_mini_object
-* typefind::force-caps
-* gst_message_set_buffering_stats()
-* gst_message_parse_buffering_stats()
-* GST_QUERY_BUFFERING
-* GstBufferingMode
-* gst_query_new_buffering()
-* gst_query_set_buffering_percent()
-* gst_query_parse_buffering_percent()
-* gst_query_set_buffering_stats()
-* gst_query_parse_buffering_stats()
-* gst_query_set_buffering_range()
-* gst_query_parse_buffering_range()
-* GST_STREAM_ERROR_DECRYPT
-* GST_STREAM_ERROR_DECRYPT_NOKEY
-* gst_segment_copy()
-* gst_pad_add_data_probe_full()
-* gst_pad_add_buffer_probe_full()
-* gst_pad_add_event_probe_full()
-* GstEvent::gst_event_has_name()
-* GstFakeSrc:format
-* gst_type_find_suggest_simple()
-* GstBaseSink::gst_base_sink_wait_clock()
-* gst_parse_launch_full()
-* gst_parse_launchv_full()
-* gst_parse_bin_from_description_full()
-* gst_parse_context_new()
-* gst_parse_context_free()
-* gst_parse_context_get_missing_elements()
-* gst_bin_find_unlinked_pad()
-* GstPreset interface
+* Add GST_TAG_ATTACHMENT for generic file attachments to streams.
+* Add gst_base_sink_set_render_delay()
+* Add gst_base_sink_get_render_delay()
+* Add gst_check_setup_src_pad_by_name
+* Add gst_check_setup_sink_pad_by_name
+* Add gst_check_teardown_pad_by_name
+* Add GstBaseTransform::gst_base_transform_suggest()
+* GstBaseTransform::gst_base_transform_reconfigure()
+* GstPad::gst_pad_set_iterate_internal_links_function()
+* GstPad::GstPadIterIntLinkFunction
+* GstPad::gst_pad_iterate_internal_links()
+* GstPad::gst_pad_iterate_internal_links_default()
 - API deprecations:
    
-* gst_element_get_pad - use gst_element_get_static_pad or gst_element_get_request_pad
-* gst_atomic_int_set() - g_atomic_int_set from GLib
-* gst_bin_find_unconnected_pad()
+* gst_pad_get_internal_links()
+* gst_pad_set_internal_link_function()
+* gst_pad_get_internal_links_default()

 Download

@ -178,29 +136,26 @@ Let us know if you want to be added to this list.
  
 Contributors to this release
    
-      *  José Alburquerque
+      * Alessandro Decina
      * Antoine Tremblay
-      * Bjarne Rosengren
-      * Damien Lespiau
-      * Felipe Contreras
+      * David Schleef
+      * Edward Hervey
+      * Frederic Crozat
      * Jan Schmidt
      * Jason Zhao
-      * Jonas Holmberg
-      * José Alburquerque
-      * Julien Moutte
-      * Kwang Yul Seo
-      * Mark Nauwelaerts
+      * Joel Larsson
+      * Luc Pionchon
      * Michael Smith
-      * Milosz Derezynski
+      * Murray Cumming
      * Ole André Vadla Ravnås
      * Olivier Crete
-      * Peter Kjellerstedt
      * Rene Stadler
-      * Rob Bradford
+      * Robert Schwebel
      * Sebastian Dröge
-      * Sjoerd Simons
      * Stefan Kost
-      * Suresh Kumar P
+      * Thijs Vermeir
+      * Thomas Vander Stichele
      * Tim-Philipp Müller
+      * Tristan Matthews
      * Wim Taymans
  
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 dnl initialize autoconf
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AC_INIT(GStreamer, 0.10.20.4,
+AC_INIT(GStreamer, 0.10.21,
    http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
    gstreamer)
 AG_GST_INIT
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dnl - interfaces added/removed/changed -> increment CURRENT, REVISION = 0
 dnl - interfaces added -> increment AGE
 dnl - interfaces removed -> AGE = 0
 dnl sets GST_LT_LDFLAGS
-AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 17, 0, 17)
+AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 18, 0, 18)

 dnl FIXME: this macro doesn't actually work;
 dnl the generated libtool script has no support for the listed tags.
--- a/docs/plugins/gstreamer-plugins.args
+++ b/docs/plugins/gstreamer-plugins.args
@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 <ARG>
 <NAME>GstFakeSink::num-buffers</NAME>
 <TYPE>gint</TYPE>
-<RANGE>>= G_MAXULONG</RANGE>
+<RANGE>>= -1</RANGE>
 <FLAGS>rw</FLAGS>
 <NICK>num-buffers</NICK>
 <BLURB>Number of buffers to accept going EOS.</BLURB>
--- a/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-coreelements.xml
+++ b/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-coreelements.xml
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  <description>standard GStreamer elements</description>
  <filename>../../plugins/elements/.libs/libgstcoreelements.so</filename>
  <basename>libgstcoreelements.so</basename>
-  <version>0.10.20</version>
+  <version>0.10.21</version>
  <license>LGPL</license>
  <source>gstreamer</source>
  <package>GStreamer source release</package>
@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
      <author>David Schleef &lt;ds@schleef.org&gt;</author>
      <pads>
        <caps>
-          <name>src</name>
-          <direction>source</direction>
+          <name>sink</name>
+          <direction>sink</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
        <caps>
-          <name>sink</name>
-          <direction>sink</direction>
+          <name>src</name>
+          <direction>source</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
@ -128,14 +128,14 @@
      <author>Erik Walthinsen &lt;omega@cse.ogi.edu&gt;</author>
      <pads>
        <caps>
-          <name>src</name>
-          <direction>source</direction>
+          <name>sink</name>
+          <direction>sink</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
        <caps>
-          <name>sink</name>
-          <direction>sink</direction>
+          <name>src</name>
+          <direction>source</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
@ -148,18 +148,18 @@
      <description>Multiple data queue</description>
      <author>Edward Hervey &lt;edward@fluendo.com&gt;</author>
      <pads>
-        <caps>
-          <name>sink%d</name>
-          <direction>sink</direction>
-          <presence>request</presence>
-          <details>ANY</details>
-        </caps>
        <caps>
          <name>src%d</name>
          <direction>source</direction>
          <presence>sometimes</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
+        <caps>
+          <name>sink%d</name>
+          <direction>sink</direction>
+          <presence>request</presence>
+          <details>ANY</details>
+        </caps>
      </pads>
    </element>
    <element>
@ -170,14 +170,14 @@
      <author>Erik Walthinsen &lt;omega@cse.ogi.edu&gt;</author>
      <pads>
        <caps>
-          <name>src</name>
-          <direction>source</direction>
+          <name>sink</name>
+          <direction>sink</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
        <caps>
-          <name>sink</name>
-          <direction>sink</direction>
+          <name>src</name>
+          <direction>source</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
@ -190,18 +190,18 @@
      <description>1-to-N pipe fitting</description>
      <author>Erik Walthinsen &lt;omega@cse.ogi.edu&gt;, Wim Taymans &lt;wim@fluendo.com&gt;</author>
      <pads>
-        <caps>
-          <name>sink</name>
-          <direction>sink</direction>
-          <presence>always</presence>
-          <details>ANY</details>
-        </caps>
        <caps>
          <name>src%d</name>
          <direction>source</direction>
          <presence>request</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
+        <caps>
+          <name>sink</name>
+          <direction>sink</direction>
+          <presence>always</presence>
+          <details>ANY</details>
+        </caps>
      </pads>
    </element>
    <element>
@ -212,14 +212,14 @@
      <author>Benjamin Otte &lt;in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de&gt;</author>
      <pads>
        <caps>
-          <name>src</name>
-          <direction>source</direction>
+          <name>sink</name>
+          <direction>sink</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
        <caps>
-          <name>sink</name>
-          <direction>sink</direction>
+          <name>src</name>
+          <direction>source</direction>
          <presence>always</presence>
          <details>ANY</details>
        </caps>
--- a/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-coreindexers.xml
+++ b/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-coreindexers.xml
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  <description>GStreamer core indexers</description>
  <filename>../../plugins/indexers/.libs/libgstcoreindexers.so</filename>
  <basename>libgstcoreindexers.so</basename>
-  <version>0.10.20</version>
+  <version>0.10.21</version>
  <license>LGPL</license>
  <source>gstreamer</source>
  <package>GStreamer source release</package>
--- a/gstreamer.doap
+++ b/gstreamer.doap
@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ hierarchy, and a set of media-agnostic core elements.
   </CVSRepository>
 </repository> 

+ <release>
+  <Version>
+   <revision>0.10.21</revision>
+   <branch>0.10</branch>
+   <name>Take These Things From Me</name>
+   <created>2008-10-02</created>
+   <file-release rdf:resource="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-0.10.21.tar.bz2" />
+   <file-release rdf:resource="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-0.10.21.tar.gz" />
+  </Version>
+ </release>
+
 <release>
  <Version>
   <revision>0.10.20</revision>
--- a/win32/common/config.h
+++ b/win32/common/config.h
@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 /* PREFIX - specifically added for Windows for easier moving */
 #define PREFIX "C:\\gstreamer"

+/* data dir */
+#define GST_DATADIR PREFIX "\\share"
+
 /* Location of registry */
 #define GST_CACHE_DIR PREFIX "\\var\\cache"

@ -21,7 +24,7 @@
 /* #undef GST_GCOV_ENABLED */

 /* Default errorlevel to use */
-#define GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT GST_LEVEL_ERROR
+#define GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT GST_LEVEL_NONE

 /* GStreamer license */
 #define GST_LICENSE "LGPL"
@ -30,7 +33,7 @@
 #define GST_MAJORMINOR "0.10"

 /* package name in plugins */
-#define GST_PACKAGE_NAME "GStreamer CVS/prerelease"
+#define GST_PACKAGE_NAME "GStreamer source release"

 /* package origin */
 #define GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN "Unknown package origin"
@ -45,7 +48,7 @@
 #undef HAVE_CPU_HPPA

 /* Define if the host CPU is an x86 */
-#undef HAVE_CPU_I386
+#define HAVE_CPU_I386 1

 /* Define if the host CPU is a IA64 */
 #undef HAVE_CPU_IA64
@ -194,13 +197,13 @@
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "GStreamer"

 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "GStreamer 0.10.20.1"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "GStreamer 0.10.21"

 /* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "gstreamer"

 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.10.20.1"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.10.21"

 /* Define the plugin directory */
 #ifdef _DEBUG
@ -216,7 +219,7 @@
 #undef USE_POISONING

 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.10.20.1"
+#define VERSION "0.10.21"

 /* Define to 1 if your processor stores words with the most significant byte
   first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX). */