Bug#762158: libqt5webkit5: depend on gstreamer 1.0 instead of 0.10
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
<perezmeyer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 18 September 2014 21:58:25 Kelly Clowers wrote:
>> Package: libqt5webkit5
>> Version: 5.3.1+dfsg-3
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> Gstreamer 0.10 is obsolete now, and the number of Debian packages
>> that depend on it is going down pretty well. Since this is the
>> newest, most forward-looking version of QT it would be nice if it
>> was using gstreamer 1.0.
>
> Hi Kelly! Actually yesterday we where pondering this exact situation. Sadly Qt
> Multimedia still requires GStreamer 0.1, so switching qt5webkit is not a good
> idea as they could easily get mixed.
>
> Qt multimedia will probably switch to GStreamer 0.1 with Qt 5.4, which will
> happen during (or very near to) Debian's freeze, so there is sadly no options
> for Jessie :(
>
>> The Ubuntu version already does, I know.
>
> And Ubuntu also patched Qt Multimedia to use 1.0, but yesterday we where told
> that they undid the change, and so they might have a window open for a crash.
>
> Kinds regards, Lisandro.
>
Thank you for the quick response and the information. Well that is just too bad.
I am surprised Qt left Qt MM at 0.10 for so long :-/ Well, guess it'll
just have to
wait for post-Jessie.
Thanks,
Kelly
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