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authorTim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.net>2013-04-22 23:51:38 +0100
committerTim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.net>2013-04-22 23:51:38 +0100
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+++ b/README
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+GStreamer 1.1.x development series
+
WHAT IT IS
----------
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@ We track bugs in GNOME's bugzilla; see the website for details.
You can join us on IRC - #gstreamer on irc.freenode.org
-GStreamer 0.10 series
----------------------
+GStreamer 1.0 series
+--------------------
Starring
@@ -135,13 +137,14 @@ PLATFORMS
---------
- Linux is of course fully supported
-- FreeBSD is reported to work; other BSD's should work too
+- FreeBSD is reported to work; other BSDs should work too
- Solaris is reported to work; a specific sunaudiosink plugin has been written
-- MacOSX is reported to work; specific audio and video sinks have been written
-- Windows support is experimental but improving. Output sinks have been
- written but are not yet included in the code. We support
- - MSys/MingW builds
- - Microsoft Visual Studio 6 builds (see win32/README.txt)
+- MacOSX works, binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool
+- Windows works; binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool
+ - MSys/MinGW builds
+ - Microsoft Visual Studio builds are not yet available or supported
+- Android works, binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool
+- iOS works
INSTALLING FROM PACKAGES
------------------------
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ Only in cases where you:
- want to hack on GStreamer
- want to verify that a bug has been fixed
- do not have a sane distribution
-should you choose to build from source tarballs or CVS.
+should you choose to build from source tarballs or git.
Find more information about the various packages at
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/
@@ -190,13 +193,13 @@ COMPILING FROM SOURCE TARBALLS
functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read
that README.
-COMPILING FROM CVS
+COMPILING FROM GIT
------------------
-When building from CVS sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate
+When building from git sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate
the build system files.
-You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from CVS,
+You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from git,
including:
- autoconf
- automake
@@ -208,10 +211,7 @@ them. You can also specify specific versions of automake and autoconf with
Check autogen.sh options by running autogen.sh --help
-autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure - you just need to separate them
-from autogen.sh with -- between the two.
-prefix has been added to autogen.sh but will be passed on to configure because
-some build scripts like that.
+autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure
When you have done this once, you can use autoregen.sh to re-autogen with
the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it.
@@ -219,9 +219,17 @@ the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it.
After the autogen.sh stage, you can follow the directions listed in
"COMPILING FROM SOURCE"
-You can also run your whole cvs stack uninstalled. The script in
-the gstreamer module /docs/faq/gst-uninstalled) is helpful in setting
-up your environment for this.
+You can also run your whole git stack uninstalled in your home directory,
+so that you can quickly test changes without affecting your system setup or
+interfering with GStreamer installed from packages. Many GStreamer developers
+use an uninstalled setup for their work.
+
+There is a 'create-uninstalled-setup.sh' script in
+
+ http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/
+
+to easily create an uninstalled setup from scratch.
+
PLUG-IN DEPENDENCIES AND LICENSES
---------------------------------