diff --git a/docs/random/plan-0.11.txt b/docs/random/plan-0.11.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4b1f4740cb --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/random/plan-0.11.txt @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Plan for 0.11 +============= + +First attempt at making a list of tasks in rougly chronological order. + + +* General cleanup + + - Remove deprecated methods + - Cleanup structs + PADDING + - .. + +* Add GstFlowReturn for events (and query) + +* add return structure for events and query + +* Make GstMiniObject a simple boxed type + + - Move copy and free function to structure + - convert GstBuffer, GstEvent, GstMessage, GstQuery, + +* Convert GstCaps to GstMiniObject + +* Incremental caps + + - Remove array from caps ? + - make caps iterator + +* Make GstBufferMetadata + + - Make functions to register metadata + - Make common metadata: timeinfo, memory data, video data + - Remove GstBuffer Fields + - Make methods to add metadata to buffers. + +* Negotiation of metadata + + - figure out if we need to negotiate the metadata on the caps or if we can + gracefully degrade when an element doesn't understand the metadata. + +* Rework reverse negotiation + + - _alloc_buffer() never returns changed caps. It can return a return + value when the caller should recheck the allowed caps. + + - _alloc_buffer() takes input GstBuffer prototype (or NULL) + + - upstream event to notify of a downstream caps change + +* Incremental event progation + + - certain events would be sticky on a pad like for caps + - rules for pushing an event downstream + - right before pushing a buffer + - after link operation + - activate for most serialized downstream events + +* GstSegment changes + + - remove segment accumulation + - add accumulated time to the event + - apply segment info to pads + - add method on pads to get/adjust sync offset + - add method on pads to query current running_time + + +