The future of the GStreamer Java bindings?

[Nicola Murino]

You could financially support Codelerity. I guess this would help.

If you use an open source software, it is in your best interest to 
ensure that the project you rely on stays healthy and well maintained.
Take a look here to better understand what I mean

https://words.filippo.io/pay-maintainers/

Regards
Nicola

P.S. I'm not related with Codelerity in any way

Il 25/02/23 16:48, Davide Perini via gstreamer-devel ha scritto:
> My knowledge of JNA is not strong and my time for learning JNA/Panama 
> is not enough so I'm not able to help Codelerity in this currently.
>
> I know many people that uses GStreamer thanks to the Java bindings for 
> GStreamer,
> most of this people would never use GStreamer without the bindings,
> this is why I think that bindings are as important as GStreamer by itself.
>
> Davide
>
>
> Il 24/02/2023 19:34, Andreas Tunek via gstreamer-devel ha scritto:
>>
>>
>> Den fre 24 feb. 2023 kl 08:48 skrev Davide Perini via gstreamer-devel 
>> <gstreamer-devel at lists.freedesktop.org>:
>>
>>     It's very sad to see this message from Neil but I completely
>>     understand it.
>>
>>     I think that the Java bindings for GStreamer is an important part of
>>     GStreamer,
>>     without this binding, GStreamer is not as interesting as it is
>>     currently.
>>
>>
>> It seems you maybe should support Codelerity if this is something 
>> that is important to you?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Andreas
>>
>>     I think that GStreamer's devs should think on this message and start
>>     putting some
>>     effort in the binding.
>>     It could even be useful to brake slightly with the development of
>>     GStreamer to make room for the bindings.
>>
>>     I hope that GStreamer's devs will chime in with some ideas.
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>     Davide
>>
>>
>>     Il 21/02/2023 19:58, Neil C Smith via gstreamer-devel ha scritto:
>>     > Hi All,
>>     >
>>     > I'd like to start a conversation on the future of the Java bindings
>>     > for GStreamer, gst1-java-core [1] and related projects. I've
>>     not been
>>     > able to put much time into the bindings recently. And despite
>>     seeing
>>     > an increasing number of commercial users of the library, none of
>>     > Codelerity's commercial work over the last 18 months has been
>>     > GStreamer related. That situation is not sustainable for me! At
>>     least
>>     > while I remain the sole maintainer, and primary developer and
>>     source
>>     > of support. Simply put, I cannot afford to invest for free, at
>>     least
>>     > alone, the level of time that is required to make necessary
>>     updates to
>>     > the library to meet changes in both Java and GStreamer.
>>     >
>>     > I was one of the maintainers of the GStreamer 0.10 bindings for
>>     Java,
>>     > and started the GStreamer 1.x supporting fork in 2015 to meet some
>>     > personal project needs. I made the project openly available,
>>     but never
>>     > intended to stay its sole maintainer. Despite many valued
>>     > contributions from others over the years, no-one with the necessary
>>     > knowledge has volunteered to help on an ongoing basis with
>>     development
>>     > and maintenance - even with some heavy hinting at times!
>>     >
>>     > Unfortunately, if we cannot find a sustainable way forward, then we
>>     > just might have to accept that it's time to call it a day on these
>>     > bindings. That would be a shame!
>>     >
>>     > [1] https://github.com/gstreamer-java/gst1-java-core
>>     >
>>     > Thanks for any input you have!
>>     >
>>     > With best wishes,
>>     >
>>     > Neil
>>     >
>>     >
>>
>
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