[gst-devel] new API for applications to check plugin requirements
David Schleef
ds at schleef.org
Tue Oct 11 21:07:33 CEST 2005
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 05:15:21PM +0100, Tim Müller wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'd like to add the following four functions to the 0.9 API to make it
> easier for applications to check plugin requirements at runtime/on
> startup:
Absolutely not. That API is gross.
IMO, this kind of function does not belong in gstreamer, it belongs
in your application. Or at best, it's a utility function that
should go in gstutil.c. Note however, that plugin versions are
char * -- i.e., GStreamer does not care what it contains.
dave...
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