[gst-devel] threads in 0.7

[Benjamin Otte]

Someone fixes/rewrites queue to take events into account.
Problem solved.

Benjamin


On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> so, it's dawning on some of us that threads are broken, and events no
> longer pass thread boundaries anymore.  This used to work okayish in
> 0.6, even though people say that was entirely by accident.  I have no
> problem believing that, but it was an accident that took place in 99% of
> the cases.
>
> If something as basic and uservisible as this (ie, seeking in player and
> rhythmbox) can't be fixed before 0.8, there's no point in us trying to
> get 0.8 into GNOME 2.  I realize there are lots of issues to fix and we
> need to break stuff to fix stuff, but we shouldn't promise GNOME a
> working GStreamer if it can't seek in 99% of the cases.
>
> I'm not sure where to start on this, so let's start by discussing
> a) when it broke during 0.7
> b) why it is impossible for it to work right now in 99%
> c) what the reason was that it broke in 0.6 in 1% of the cases
> d) how we are going to tackle this major issue in the short timeframe we
> have before 2.6
>
> Thanks
> Thomas
>
>
>
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