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After some discussion on IRC, I think it's time to propose a
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formal plan for the next 6 months or so to the list.
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I think most people are in agreement that we need a period of time
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in which we can focus on improving non-core bits (like elements,
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schedulers, autopluggers, applications, etc.) In the last cycle,
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there was a lot of time spent with a significant number of plugins
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broken, and it's realistic to assume that this could happen again
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in a 0.9 unstable series.
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What I propose is:
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- We continue to develop the 0.8.x series as HEAD, with the obvious
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requirement that all changes be ABI/API compatible.
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- API additions are encouraged, as long as they are well-thought-out.
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- Significant API additions should be developed on a separate branch
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(not HEAD) to test out any bugs.
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In mid-August (or so, in order to coordinate with GNOME-2.8), we have
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two options:
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- Continue with 0.8.x releases, obviously ABI compatible with 0.8.0.
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- or, remove deprecated functions, readjust the padding on structures,
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perhaps make a few additional ABI changes [1], and quickly go to
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0.10.0.
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I prefer the latter, although we don't have to decide that until
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later. In either case, there should be no API changes that affect
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more than a bare minimum of elements or applications.
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A few things that we won't be able to do without a true unstable
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branch are:
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- using GstStructure for all GstEvents.
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- significant clock changes
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- significant scheduling changes
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- separation of headers into application and plugin headers
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- anything that requires modification of every plugin
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There are perils with having HEAD being the stable branch,
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specifically that bugs can creep in and accidentally cause regressions
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in releases. I'm hoping that the introduction of media regression
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testing and also the development of new testsuites will keep this
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to a minimum. Don't forget that accidental bugs that get into
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releases typically cause rude IRC conversations, which we really
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don't need. Please keep the bugs (and the rudeness) to a minimum.
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Also, keep in mind that we will have to live with 0.8's unfixable
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bugs for an entire year.[2]
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dave...
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--
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[1] I'm thinking about making GstData a subclass of GTypeInstance or
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GObject.
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[2] But then, 0.6 was 1 year ago, and felt a lot more buggy when it
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was released.
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