[Bug 774508] New: Disable unmaintained, fringe plugins by default

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774508

            Bug ID: 774508
           Summary: Disable unmaintained, fringe plugins by default
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git master
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
          Assignee: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: slomo at coaxion.net
        QA Contact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---

Considering
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.gr/2016/11/0day-exploit-compromising-linux-desktop.html
and
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.gr/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html,
we should probably disable various plugins in gst-plugins-bad by default (and
only enable directly or via --enable-unmaintained).

There are various others like these two plugins. I would consider everything
that is basically unmaintained here, and plugins for very uncommon formats that
have an alternative in ffmpeg (that works for us) or even in GStreamer.

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