[Bug 796534] New: Wrapped subproject gl-headers breaks Continuous

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796534

            Bug ID: 796534
           Summary: Wrapped subproject gl-headers breaks Continuous
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: unspecified
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-base
          Assignee: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: ebassi at gmail.com
        QA Contact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---

The gl-headers subproject is not a Git sub-module, but it's left to Meson to
download; see commit:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/commit/?id=82c43ff9a32f1c1d113cd6e1e8d046b7ab64422d

(reverted in master)

This requires that the build happens in an environment with network
connectivity; Continuous, like Flatpak or Buildstream, downloads modules first,
then builds them inside a sandbox with no network connection, for security and
reproducibility reasons.

If gl-headers were a Git sub-module, build environments like Continuous would
be able to download the project beforehand.

Additionally, the subproject is cloned regardless of whether it's going to be
used. It would be better to check if the GL headers are available, and only
then use a subproject with them.

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