Engine cleanup--Should we punt GST?

[Ian Monroe]

On 3/21/07, Dan Meltzer <parallelgrapefruit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heya,
>
> After discussion on irc today, I finally got to punt the nmm/mas
> engines.  We are thinking about punting the gst10 engine as well, as
> there is a well maintained phonon backend for gst.  Foreboy: I'd like
> to hear your thoughts on that one as you are the maintainer.  It would
> be nice to get engines down to helix/phonon/void/xine if at all
> possibile, I am going to email the yauap maintainer next and see about
> alternatives for it in 2.0.
>
> So, Foreboy: any objections to just using the phonon gst10 backend?
> I'll hold off on punting it until you get time to respond.

It should be pointed out that at this point we haven't even decided if
we want to change the architecture for plugins (whether to make them
out-of-process.) This would be relevant for the yauap engine.

Ian Monroe