gstreamer 0.8.x vs 0.10.x

[Chad R. Kittel]

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:03:06 -0600
"Chad R. Kittel" <v3rt1g0 at lunar-linux.org> wrote:

> If I cannot make an alias, what shall happen with modules
> like gst-plugins?  The gst-plugins module is needed for both gstreamer
> (as it stands in the moonbase) and the zbeta module i would create.
> Without an alias gst-plugins can only depend on one or the other.
> Forcing it to depend on gstreamer (the current one) will prvent people
> from even being able to use the new zbeta gstreamer.  I could dupe the
> gst-plugins module and make a zbeta one of that, but that seems rather
> over-the-top (and just wrong) considering that it would end up being
> the same version as the non-zbeta one.

Actually, sorta-ignore all of that, I might be onto a different (less
complicated) solution.  :o)  It's been a long day.

> I honestly don't see why an
> alias would be a bad thing, as it's kinda the whole point of the
> alias system, group modules that replace each other.  The
> "importance" of a module shouldn't matter when it comes to what
> should be alias, imo.  What should matter is that the alias serves a
> practical purpose, and what is being aliased isn't incorrect.

That thought is still valid though :)

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