[gst-devel] Building, shipping single plugin from -bad

[Stefan Kost]

hi,
Eric Jonas schrieb:
> A software project I'm developing compiles for Ubuntu LTS 8.04, but we
> need the plugin dc1394 (which I helped write), that currently lives in
> the latest release of -bad.  
>   
I would also encourage you to make sure it gets moved to -good.
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/docs/random/moving-plugins?view=markup

If you think the checklist is done, file a blocker bug and request the move.

Stefan
> I'd like to do the following: 
>
> 1. build only the dc1394 plugin from the newest version of -bad (or,
> optionally, CVS)
>
> 2. name the plugin something such that users won't confuse my
> frankenstein configuration for something supported by gstreamer, ubuntu,
> etc. 
>
> 3. package and ship this as a .deb for ubuntu
>
> Clearly #3 is something I should bug the ubuntu people about, but I'm at
> a bit of a loss for #1 and #2. I assume this comes up when you guys are
> testing plugins, etc. And I know that it's possible to dynamically
> ship/install plugins for gst, and that many distros (including ubuntu)
> have support for this (cf Fluendo mp3 codecs). But I'm somewhat at a
> loss here. 
>
> I think that I can address #1 by using the --with-plugins=dc1394
> configure option. So then, we just need to rename it, or come up with
> some other recommended scheme of differentiating it. 
>
> Any thoughts? 
>
> Thanks, 	
> 	...Eric
>
>
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