GStreamer 0.10 no longer maintained

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Hi,

I would like to known if a last gstreamer sdk release based on actual 
0.10 git will happen or not, there are some important fix in 0.10 git 
that are not included in any released gstreamer-sdk version,

thanks
Nicola

Il 11/03/2013 11:32, Tim-Philipp Müller ha scritto:
> GStreamer 0.10 no longer maintained
>
> Just a quick clarification, since it seems this was never announced
> officially outside of the conference circuit: GStreamer 0.10 is no
> longer maintained. Not by us, not by anyone else. There will be no more
> GStreamer 0.10 releases, not even bug-fix releases. Bugs will not be
> investigated unless they also apply to GStreamer 1.x. Patches will only
> be reviewed and pushed if they apply to one of the current 1.x branches
> or fix an issue that still pertains to 1.x. Bug fixes have not been
> backported systematically to 0.10 for a very long time now, and there
> are many hundreds of bugs that have only been fixed in 1.x, and many
> more are fixed every week. Any commits to the 0.10 branch are made
> purely on an ad-hoc basis now, and we may lock down the branch
> completely. No more features will be added to 0.10. However, GStreamer
> 0.10 support is of course still available on a commercial basis from the
> usual suspects.
>
> We realise and regret that this may cause some inconvenience, and we
> also understand that there are circumstances where there are valid
> reasons not to migrate to 1.0 at this time, or in some cases ever, but
> we would also like to dispel any doubt whatsoever that there is any
> other way. We have neither the resources, nor the will or the energy to
> maintain more than one major version. We must use the little resources
> we have on code that has a future.
>
> We are happy to provide help and advice to anyone migrating to 1.0. If
> there are plugins that haven't been ported yet that you need, let us
> know, maybe we can help get them ported.
>
> Thanks for your understanding.
>
> Happy hacking, see you on the other side!
>
>    - Your GStreamer maintainers and release managers
>
>
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