[gst-devel] core and GLib

[Edward Hervey]

Hi,

  I'd also be in favour of dropping the hacks we have in gst-python
for supporting glib < 2.8, and bumping up the requirement to
glib/pygtk >= 2.8.

  Everyone ok with that ?

  Edward

On 4/6/06, Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we discussed this before, and my thoughts have changed on the matter and
> I want to bring it up again.
>
> We've had various reports from people switching between GLib 2.6 and 2.8
> while upgrading, or people installing a 2.8 compiled version of GST on a
> 2.6 glib version, and more fun things.
>
> While in theory I still feel we should have supported 2.6 correctly, in
> practice we haven't, and we shouldn't lie to people pretending that we
> do.
>
> Therefore I propose that after the next core release, we require GLib
> 2.8 and remove the compatibility hacks through the stack.
>
> What do you all think ?
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
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