How do I migrate to GStreamer 1.0.5?

[Krzysztof Konopko]

On 22/01/13 09:57, Tim-Philipp Müller wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 09:39 +0000, Ian Davidson wrote:
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
>> I feel as though I am going round in circles getting nowhere.
>> (..)
>> I noticed that when 1.0.4 was released, within a day I was able to use 
>> YUM to update to the new release and it was easy.  1.0.5 has been 
>> released for 2 weeks now, but has still not appeared in the Fedora 
>> repositories.
>>
>> I first tried to download the sources from the advertised location, but 
>> (as described below) I could only do the core - the plugin failed 
>> becasue the core was not there!.  I was then told that I could get the 
>> new release from a location which appears to be part of Fedora, and by 
>> following the link, I could see where I could download the RPMs.  I 
>> downloaded the RPMs I particularly needed and tried to use YUM to update 
>> them - but YUM appears to complain about a 32 bit version of the 
>> software (I have only installed the 64 bit versions).
>>
>> Would it help if I removed all the packages of gstreamer1 I have 
>> installed and then install from the RPMs I have downloaded?
> 
> Have you tried asking in a Fedora-related forum or IRC channel?
> 
> This seems much more a Fedora packaging issue than anything else.
> 
> I've been told that 1.0.5 is in -testing and should be available as
> upgrade "soon".
> 
> I would strongly advise against building from source into a custom
> prefix in this case. The newer packages are available already, it should
> be possible to install them somehow.
> 
>  Cheers
>   -Tim
> 

Agreed.  Everyone has different needs and goals.  My point was to
emphasise *consistency*. If you use RPMs, do it consistently.  Do not
overwrite RPM-installed packages with locally built packages (as Ian
did).  If you want to use a locally built package, use it consistently
in a distinct location.

Kris

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