Previously only the last would be pushed, which would cause
invalid running times downstream. This also fixes the handling
of update newsegment events.
The segment start adjustment code in pull mode should never trigger
anymore because the bisection code earlier would have already made
sure that we're at the desired position.
Also move the gap handling some lines below after sending the currently
configured segments. Otherwise we might fill gaps in a segment that is
not configured downstream yet.
Add a vmethod to filter metadata that should be passed upstream. By default,
don't pass anything.
Add a vmethod to transform metadata from the input buffer to the output buffer.
By default, nothing is transformed or copied.
Remove metadata that describes the particular memory of the buffer it is
attached to. We need to do this because in non-passthrough mode we will allocate
new memory for our output buffer.
Improve the propose allocation vmethod by passing the downstream allocation
query to it. This way the vmethod implementation can use properties of the
downstream allocation to generate the upstream query result. If there is no
downstream quety, it means that the element is working in passthrough mode.
Implement a default decide_allocation.
Split out the registration of the metadata API and its implementation. Make a
GType for each metadata API. This allows us to store extra information with the
API type such as the tags.
Change the buffer API so that we can get the metadata using the API GType.
Change the query API so that we use the metadata API GType in the allocation
query instead of a string.
Update netaddress and unit tests
Add support for adding tags to the metadata. with some standard keys, this
should make it possible to describe what the metadata refers to. We should be
able to use this information to decide if a transformation destroys the metadata
or not.
Account for rounding errors in some places, and that two nows are
not always entirely identical, so allow some leeway when comparing
microseconds and seconds. Ran into this too often, esp. when the
system is under load.