[gst-devel] plugins cleanup

[Bastien Nocera]

On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 01:22, Benjamin Otte wrote:
> On 21 Jun 2003, Ronald Bultje wrote:
> 
> > Can be removed:
> > * hermes (we should use lcs, we probably want to slurp that like we do
> >           for ffmpeg now, too... Either way, using hermes for this
> >           isn't a good idea - this is what we've got lcs for)
> > * mjpegtools (jpeg does the same, make it use on libjpegmmx
> >               instead. This will take some autoconf magic that I'll
> >               take care of, but using mjpegtools completely is insane)
> > * modplug (we've got mikmod, which company is willing to maintain)
> >
> Please do only remove plugins that are non-working and unmaintained.
> Hermes works (and even is maintained, no?), modplug supports features
> mikmod doesn't and probably can't with the sorry state of libmikmod
> (seeking and multiple elements come to mind) and I'd guess mjpeg supports
> stuff jpeg doesn't support, too (though I have no idea in that area).

If there are any problems with libmikmod (as opposed to problems with
the plugin), don't hesitate to contact Miod (the maintainer), he's very
reactive to bugs.

-- 
/Bastien Nocera
http://hadess.net

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