core and GLib

Hi all,

we discussed this before, and my thoughts have changed on
the matter and
I want to bring it up again.

We've had various reports from people switching between
GLib 2.6 and 2.8
while upgrading, or people installing a 2.8 compiled version
of GST on a
2.6 glib version, and more fun things.

While in theory I still feel we should have supported 2.6
correctly, in
practice we haven't, and we shouldn't lie to people
pretending that we
do.

Therefore I propose that after the next core release, we
require GLib
2.8 and remove the compatibility hacks through the stack.

What do you all think ?

Thomas



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Nobody have an opinion on this ? If no one is against, I say
this can be
done now.

If anyone wants to enjoy the pleasure of ripping out hacky
compatibility
code, feel free to step up !

Thomas

On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 16:31 +0200, Thomas Vander Stichele
wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> we discussed this before, and my thoughts have changed
on the matter and
> I want to bring it up again.
> 
> We've had various reports from people switching
between GLib 2.6 and 2.8
> while upgrading, or people installing a 2.8 compiled
version of GST on a
> 2.6 glib version, and more fun things.
> 
> While in theory I still feel we should have supported
2.6 correctly, in
> practice we haven't, and we shouldn't lie to people
pretending that we
> do.
> 
> Therefore I propose that after the next core release,
we require GLib
> 2.8 and remove the compatibility hacks through the
stack.
> 
> What do you all think ?
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 
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On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 13:41 +0200, Thomas Vander Stichele
wrote:
> Nobody have an opinion on this ? If no one is against,
I say this can be
> done now.
> 
> If anyone wants to enjoy the pleasure of ripping out
hacky compatibility
> code, feel free to step up !
> 
Yes!

Wim




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On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 13:41 +0200, Thomas Vander Stichele
wrote:

> > While in theory I still feel we should have
supported 2.6 correctly,
in
> > practice we haven't, and we shouldn't lie to
people pretending that we
> > do.
> > 
> > Therefore I propose that after the next core
release, we require GLib
> > 2.8 and remove the compatibility hacks through the
stack.
>
> Nobody have an opinion on this ? If no one is against,
I say this can be
> done now.

FWIW, I'm all for it, the sooner the better.

Cheers
 -Tim




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Hi,

  I'd also be in favour of dropping the hacks we have in
gst-python
for supporting glib < 2.8, and bumping up the requirement
to
glib/pygtk >= 2.8.

  Everyone ok with that ?

  Edward

On 4/6/06, Thomas Vander Stichele <thomasapestaart.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we discussed this before, and my thoughts have changed
on the matter and
> I want to bring it up again.
>
> We've had various reports from people switching
between GLib 2.6 and 2.8
> while upgrading, or people installing a 2.8 compiled
version of GST on a
> 2.6 glib version, and more fun things.
>
> While in theory I still feel we should have supported
2.6 correctly, in
> practice we haven't, and we shouldn't lie to people
pretending that we
> do.
>
> Therefore I propose that after the next core release,
we require GLib
> 2.8 and remove the compatibility hacks through the
stack.
>
> What do you all think ?
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
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