Release 0.10.33

Highlights:

  - new parser base class: GstBaseParse
  - new core element: funnel
  - OSX multi-arch fixes
  - new QoS type for QoS events
  - new progress message API to notify applications of asynchronous operations
  - countless other fixes and improvements

1 files changed, 192 insertions, 63 deletions

diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 3cfb820dd..41ca358f4 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.32 "Take Me to the Bonus Level"
+Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.33 "Prior Spaceflight Experience is an Advantage"
         
 
 
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ core of the GStreamer streaming media framework.
 
 
 The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
+It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
+It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.
+
+
+The 0.10.x series has been reworked for threadsafety.  It also features
+various feature additions and enhancements.
 
 
 This module, gstreamer, only contains core functionality.
@@ -31,64 +37,160 @@ contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the
 
 Features of this release
     
-      * GLib requirement is now >= 2.22
-      * New core element: valve (moved from -bad)
-      * New core element: input-selector (N.B. without "select-all" property, use fsfunnel instead) (moved from -bad)
-      * New core element: output-selector (with different negotiation behaviour by default, set pad-negotiation-mode=active for previous behaviour) (moved from -bad)
-      * Performance improvements for many heavily-used code paths: GstPad, GstPoll, GstClock, GstTask, basesink, basesrc, queue2, multiqueue
-      * gobject-introspection: add annotations for most core API
-      * clock: make sync clock wait lockfree
-      * fdsrc/fdsink: reenable on MSVC
-      * registry: fix GStatBuf definition for win32 when building against older glib (fixes unnecessary rescanning of plugins at start-up)
-      * element: add a more flexible way to get request pads from elements
-      * multiqueue: return upon input when already eos
-      * object: fix creation of default name (when creating more than 100000 elements)
-      * pluginloader: fix hangs on OSX
-      * poll: fixes for (p)select backend (used e.g. on OSX)
-      * poll: refactor and make more lockfree; fixes for win32 and OSX (pselect backend)
-      * registry: don't replace valid existing plugins by blacklisted ones
-      * tags: don't produce duplicated entries when merging same value twice
-      * basesink: preroll fixes for async=false case
-      * basesink: rework position reporting code
-      * basetransform: handle downstream giving a buffer with new caps but invalid size
+      * atomicqueue: add an atomic/lock-free queue structure based
+      * bufferlist: improve _add*() performance
+      * bus: in _add_watch() honour any per-thread default main context set via g_main_thread_push_thread_default()
+      * caps: new gst_caps_intersect_full() to intersect in different modes
+      * clock: add functions to re-init existing periodic GstClockIDs
+      * event: add QoS type (overflow, underflow, throttle) for QoS events
+      * ghostpad: The internally linked pad of the proxypad is the ghostpad
+      * gstpoll: retry reading the control socket to release properly all wakeups
+      * message: new progress message API for asynchronous operations
+      * pad: unlock before freeing the pad cache to avoid deadlock
+      * pad: better handling for when parent goes away during data/query/event flow
+      * parse-launch: allow element names to begin with digits
+      * pluginloader: call gst-plugin-scanner with the right arch on OSX, fixing hangs with firefox
+      * registry: fixes elements (features) disappearing if a plugin or plugin file is renamed
+      * structure: Add "(date)" as a type abbreviation of GDate
+      * structure: Don't allow invalid GDates in all structures and don't allow NULL GDates in taglists
+      * taglist: add a new "encoded-by" tag
+      * uri: add gst_filename_to_uri() that takes relative filenames
+      * utils: add gst_element_factory_can_{src|sink}_{any|all}_caps() to replace can_{sink,src}_caps()
+      * baseparse: new GstBaseParse class for parsers
+      * basesink: improve rate, duration, and average duration calculation
+      * basesink: use new QoS types and add add "throttle-time" property
+      * basesrc: Handle tag and custom downstream events the same
+      * basesrc: keep downstream caps order when fixating, to honour downstream preferences when negotiating
+      * basesrc: Return FALSE if we don't handle an event
+      * basesrc: Send synchronized custom downstream/both events downstream from the streaming thread
+      * basetransform: Be smarter with pad allocs
+      * basetransform: Check for pad alloc caps when suggestion is not fixed
+      * basetransform: Retain caps order when getting caps, to honour downstream preferences when negotiating
+      * funnel: new N-to-1 pipe fitting element imported from farsight
+      * fakesink: print buffer flags
+      * filesink: Fix escaping of URIs
+      * file{sink,src}: Check if non-URI characters are escaped, but only for the URI not the location property
+      * filesrc, filesink: fix URI creation regression for non-absolute locations
+      * filesrc: Fix escaping of file uris
+      * inputselector: Hold the selector lock while reading properties of the active pad
+      * inputselector: Make sure that EOS is always sent downstream for the active pad
+      * inputselector: Return GST_FLOW_OK until the selected pad pushed something downstream
+      * inputselector: Stop waiting for a pad switch when the pad is flushing
+      * multiqueue: fix some potential corner-case deadlocks and some leaks
+      * multiqueue: handle arbitrary sink + source pad naming
+      * queue2: don't read beyond the end of file upstream in pull mode; leak fixes
+      * plugins: make query and event functions more thread-safe, protect against parent-pad disappearing
+      * gst-launch: add GstIndex support
 
 Bugs fixed in this release
      
-      * 635785 : basesrc: fix deadlock
-      * 638599 : GST_PTR_FORMAT causes crashes if GLib-internal printf is used but system provides register_printf_specifier
-      * 503592 : gstpad.c does many ref/unref of peer pad in dataflow
-      * 564056 : Protect against umask(0177)
-      * 607513 : input-selector segfaults in g_object_notify()
-      * 632168 : [gsttask] MSVC thread names for task debugging
-      * 632447 : reduce static memory allocated by the registry
-      * 632557 : [macros] Define restrict keyword if not available
-      * 632778 : Optimisations to GstBaseSink
-      * 632779 : gstdataqueue: Only emit g_cond_signal when needed
-      * 632780 : queue: Remove useless checks from e406f7
-      * 633918 : [fakesink] [PATCH] print sink-message events like a  message and its structure
-      * 634965 : sinks render buffers in state PAUSED when async is FALSE
-      * 635001 : basesink: fix position reporting in PAUSED
-      * 636268 : configure test fails on FreeBSD
-      * 636455 : basesrc: Avoid taking object locks for just checking tag presence
-      * 637057 : [plugin-scanner] gstpoll fails with select backend
-      * 637300 : [API] request pad based on caps
-      * 637549 : build fails: ./.libs/libgstbase-0.10.so: undefined reference to `gst_clock_single_shot_id_reinit'
-      * 637776 : merging the same tag values again produces lists containing duplicates
-      * 638381 : {input,output}-selector: double-check API before release
-      * 638399 : a few typos in GStreamer
-      * 638900 : [GstPoll] Doesn't compile with MinGW
-      * 638941 : registry scan/loading race and inconsistency
+      * 642356 : [Index] review api and add an example
+      * 402141 : gst_element_factory_can_{sink,src}_caps seems to be broken
+      * 518857 : [API] GstBaseParse: new base class for parsers
+      * 604094 : registry: do not remove features when removing a cached plugin that no longer is present
+      * 615357 : [macosx] Handle multi-arch plugin-scanner
+      * 617045 : [caps] New method for intersecting caps while retaining order
+      * 639674 : parse-launch: improve parsing resilience (for escapes at end of string)
+      * 639962 : design docs: Fix a few typos and a think
+      * 640071 : pluginloader: do not leak the description string of blacklisted plugin
+      * 640437 : design docs: fix 2 typos in part-MT-refcounting
+      * 640502 : fix a few typos
+      * 640622 : gst_element_link_pads_full function return wrong error information
+      * 640675 : high cpu-load with 0.10.32 release
+      * 640850 : GstElement: Fix warning with GCC 4.6
+      * 641212 : gst-uninstalled: use $GST_PREFIX variable
+      * 641928 : gst_pad_push fast path races with pad deactivation
+      * 642071 : Incorrect comparing of number of source and sink links when parsing a launch string
+      * 642130 : [basetransform] Check for pad alloc caps when suggestion is not fixed
+      * 642271 : crash in gst_caps_structure_intersect, encoder_match_media_type
+      * 642373 : [basetransform] Avoid too may pad allocs
+      * 642393 : [filesrc] Fails setting the same uri it's setting in the uri queries.
+      * 642504 : [mingw/cygwin build] correctly export plugin description
+      * 642522 : gstvalue.c does not include a deserialize function for uchar
+      * 642869 : gst_index_new: documentation typo
+      * 643301 : Adding a buffer to a buffer list iterates the list
+      * 643455 : [regression] Lots of dropouts in Empathy voip calls
+      * 644935 : [inputselector] During switching of streams it can happen that all pads returned not-linked last
+      * 645022 : GstTask: typo in GST_TASK_BROADCAST - g_cond_breadcast should probably be g_cond_broadcast
+      * 645267 : build: fix build with -Werror with GCC 4.6.0
+      * 645595 : bytereader, bytewriter: fix warnings when using inline functions with g++
+      * 645746 : [gstpoll] Regression causes 100% cpu usage in multifdsink
+      * 645877 : commit 14d7db1 causes cpu spinning and other bus weirdness
+      * 645931 : [gstmultiqueue] fix arbitrary sink + source pad naming
+      * 646118 : [gstmultiqueue] if arbitrary sink number is specified by caller, use this as single queue id
+      * 646341 : [baseparse] Add a queued flow return so parsers can keep frames in a queue
+      * 646531 : GST_BOILERPLATE: don't use " type " as both a variable name and a macro argument
+      * 646566 : Protect against Pad-Parent disappearing
+      * 646569 : poll: don't call WSAWaitForMultipleEvents with no events
+      * 646624 : GstBin: regression: creating too many bins fails, exhausting allowed file descriptor limit
+      * 646811 : baseparse: deadlock in gst_base_parse_set_index
+      * 646971 : iterator: resync to avoid infinite loop
+      * 647005 : GstBus: Only create the socketpair for async message delivery if required
+      * 647131 : recent multiqueue changes break DVD playback (again)
+      * 647293 : Fix pad callbacks so they handle when parent goes away
+      * 647763 : [bus] Bus is leaked if a watch is installed in the default main context
+      * 647844 : baseparse: Remove unused but set variable
+      * 647922 : [introspection] Needs to call gst_init() before anything else
+      * 648199 : pad: potential deadlock / crash when freeing cache
+      * 648215 : basetransform: unref in wrong place
+      * 648220 : Regression: videoscale fails to negotiate for PAR transformation
+      * 648297 : [bus] regression: critical assertion failure
+      * 649195 : [miniobject] Fix dup_mini_object function to handle NULL gvalues
+      * 635718 : [basesrc] custom, non-OOB events aren't pushed downstream
+      * 625396 : gst_debug_remove_log_function doesn't remove default log handler
+      * 640771 : amarok doesn't start with new phonon gstreamer
+      * 646972 : queue2: Fixes memory leak on out_flushing error in gst_queue2_create_read
+      * 640665 : basesink: drops too many buffers when there's no duration
 
 API changed in this release
      
 - API additions:
     
-      * gst_clock_single_shot_id_reinit()
-      * gst_element_request_pad()
-      * GstElementClass::request_new_pad_full()
-      * gst_poll_get_read_gpollfd()
-      * gst_value_list_merge()
-      * GST_CLOCK_DONE
+      * gst_atomic_queue_length()
+      * gst_atomic_queue_new()
+      * gst_atomic_queue_peek()
+      * gst_atomic_queue_pop()
+      * gst_atomic_queue_push()
+      * gst_atomic_queue_ref()
+      * gst_atomic_queue_unref()
+      * gst_buffer_list_iterator_get_type()
+      * gst_caps_intersect_full()
+      * gst_caps_intersect_mode_get_type()
+      * gst_clock_periodic_id_reinit()
+      * gst_element_factory_can_sink_all_caps()
+      * gst_element_factory_can_sink_any_caps()
+      * gst_element_factory_can_src_all_caps()
+      * gst_element_factory_can_src_any_caps()
+      * gst_event_new_qos_full()
+      * gst_event_parse_qos_full()
+      * gst_filename_to_uri()
+      * gst_message_new_progress()
+      * gst_message_parse_progress()
+      * gst_parse_context_get_type()
+      * gst_progress_type_get_type()
+      * gst_qos_type_get_type()
+      * GST_TAG_ENCODED_BY
+      * gst_base_parse_add_index_entry()
+      * gst_base_parse_convert_default()
+      * gst_base_parse_frame_free()
+      * gst_base_parse_frame_get_type()
+      * gst_base_parse_frame_init()
+      * gst_base_parse_frame_new()
+      * gst_base_parse_get_type()
+      * gst_base_parse_push_frame()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_average_bitrate()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_duration()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_frame_rate()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_has_timing_info()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_min_frame_size()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_passthrough()
+      * gst_base_parse_set_syncable()
+      * gst_base_sink_get_throttle_time()
+      * gst_base_sink_set_throttle_time()
+- API deprecations:
+    
+      * gst_element_factory_can_src_caps()
+      * gst_element_factory_can_sink_caps()
 
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@@ -113,31 +215,58 @@ subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient interest we
 will create more lists as necessary.
 
         
+Applications
+
+Applications ported to GStreamer 0.10 include Totem, RhythmBox, Sound-Juicer,
+Gnome Media, Flumotion, Amarok, Jamboree, Pitivi, Istanbul, AnnoAmp, Elisa, and others.
+Let us know if you want to be added to this list.
+
+  
 Contributors to this release
     
+      * Alessandro Decina
       * Andoni Morales Alastruey
-      * Benjamin Gaignard
-      * Benjamin Otte
-      * David Hoyt
+      * Andreas Frisch
+      * Arun Raghavan
+      * Bastien Nocera
+      * Cai Yuanqing
+      * Chen Rui
+      * Daniel Macks
       * David Schleef
       * Edward Hervey
+      * Fraxinas
       * Havard Graff
+      * Idar Tollefsen
       * Jan Schmidt
-      * Kipp Cannon
-      * Koop Mast
-      * Lasse Laukkanen
+      * Janne Grunau
+      * Jason D. Clinton
+      * Jonas Holmberg
+      * Jonathan Matthew
+      * Josep Torra
+      * Joshua M. Doe
+      * Julien Moutte
+      * Luis de Bethencourt
       * Mark Nauwelaerts
+      * Mart Raudsepp
       * Michael Smith
-      * Olivier Crete
+      * Miguel Angel Cabrera Moya
+      * Ole André Vadla Ravnås
       * Olivier Crête
-      * Raimo Järvi
+      * Peter Collingbourne
+      * Philip Jägenstedt
+      * René Stadler
+      * Robert Swain
       * Sebastian Dröge
+      * Sreerenj Balachandran
       * Stefan Kost
+      * Stian Selnes
       * Thiago Santos
+      * Thijs Vermeir
+      * Thomas Kristensen
       * Tim-Philipp Müller
-      * Tommi Myöhänen
+      * Vincent Penquerc'h
       * Wim Taymans
+      * Yang Xichuan
+      * Zaheer Abbas Merali
       * Zhang Wanming
-      * Christian Schaller
-      * Sjoerd Simons
- 
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