[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 456573] allow dumping pipelines as dot graphs

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------- Comment #8 from Stefan Kost (gstreamer, gtkdoc dev)  2007-09-07 20:24 UTC -------
Many thanks for reviewing! Some rationale:

* I added macros so that it can be automatically disabled in production builds.
I think this is mostly interesting when one plugs complex piplines and need a
overview when things go wrong. I have such macro call e.g. in my bus error and
warning handlers.

* I don't think a new library is a godo idea, sticking it into an existing one
might be okay. But if people feel its too big - it disapprears totally when
doing --disable-gst-debug

* Its not that slow. I've putted it once in state-change. I though about
creating a video from the graphs. The impact on the execution was not noticable
(is does not run dot, it only writes the files). Making a video failed, as
first frames have to be made equal sized and then xvimagesink can render video
sized 3200x2400 :). I though of misusing annodex to link that sparse video with
logs.

* Regarding _WITH_TS: Yep, that would be possible.


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