[gst-devel] The copyright field in plugin descriptors and GST_COPYRIGHT

[Thomas Vander Stichele]

(Long overdue answer, cleaning out mail)

>   gchar *copyright;                     /* informal copyright notice */
>   gchar *package;                       /* package plugin belongs to */
>   gchar *origin;                        /* URL to provider of plugin */
>                                                                                 
>   GST_STRUCT_PADDING
> };
> 
> These last three (copyright, package, origin) don't make any sense at
> all; the package manager is supposed to handle that, and nobody cares
> about them anyway

They're not meant for packages as in "distribution packages" but meant
for packages as in "outside tarballs".  ie, if someone decides to write
and ship gst plugins, they would put copyright/package/origin for their
source tarball in here.

Thomas