[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 510393] New: Migrate from GnomeVFS to GIO

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  GStreamer | don't know | Ver: HEAD CVS
           Summary: Migrate from GnomeVFS to GIO
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: HEAD CVS
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: don't know
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: elle.uca at libero.it
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


GnomeVFS is going to be deprecated, new vfs framework for GNOME and GTK+
application is GIO/GVFS, available from glib 2.16.0. GStreamer should be ported
to GIO API.

In short: "GIO is a gobject-based library that abstracts out various forms of
I/O, designed to separate out dependencies by allowing apps to depend on
abstract APIs, and then letting various implementations fill in these APIs.
GVFS is one such implementation, similar to gnome-vfs, which plugs into gio."

For references see:
  * http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/
  *
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2007-September/msg00401.html
  * http://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2007/07/20/gvfs-presentation-slides/
  * http://live.gnome.org/GioToDo

Note: filed as "don't know" 'cause I really don't know if it's better use gio
directly in gstreamer (yet depends on glib) or just as replacement/upgrade for
GnomeVFS plugins in gst-plugins-base.


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