[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 620460] info: add new REFCOUNT log level and move refcounting there from LOG level

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https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620460
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--- Comment #8 from Tim-Philipp Müller <t.i.m at zen.co.uk> 2010-06-03 22:41:45 UTC ---
I think we all have our little hacks like these (I added something like that to
GstAllocTrace at some point, with _last_seen() tracepoints for buffers and
events). It's all really drifting a bit off-topic though.

I would like the refcount logging noise removed from *:5 by default. Removing
it entirely seems unnecessary, as sometimes that output is actually useful.
Modifying libgstreamer is not always an option (or too cumbersome), and
gdb/debuggers are often not fully functional on some platforms. 

Displaying the object refcount in GST_DEBUG_OBJECT would be possible, but is
far less useful, since then you'd lack proper coverage, and it doesn't work
well for events and buffers and caps.

I still think my approach is a good compromise. It costs us nothing and solves
a real problem (noise).

Adding further ways to investigate memory leaks and/or refcount issues is
always cool, but I don't see the need to link these to this bug or what I
propose.

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