Bug#676648: confirmed

[Micha Lenk]

Control: reassign -1 gstreamer0.10
Control: found -1 0.10.36-1.1
Control: tags -1 +patch
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673991

Hi Toni,

Am 13.04.2013 22:10, schrieb Toni Mueller:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 09:09:41PM +0200, Micha Lenk wrote:
>> I was affected too. I believe this is actually a bug in GStreamer[0],
>> that was fixed already upstream. At least using upstream commit
>> 401f9b3de72de759c76da155a339c754b653bf9d to patch GStreamer 0.10.36-1
>> fixed the issue for me.
> 
> great - could you share some packages? I already seem to have the
> version in unstable installed, and also have problems working on
> this package.

I needed do a clean build first, but finally I've put them online in my
private APT repository (sorry, amd64 only):

http://micha.lenk.info/debian/

>> Toni, if the mentioned upstream commit fixes the issue for you too, I
>> would suggest to:
>> - re-assign this bug to the gstreamer0.10 source package
>> - raise the severity to 'serious' to make it release critical
>> - and ask the release team for a freeze exception to upload a fix
>>   before wheezy gets released
> 
> Hmmm... what would be the justification for 'serious', and why wouldn't
> you do it yourself?

I am under the impression that a lot of bugs currently filed against
gstreamer0.10 have the same root cause that would get fixed by this
commit. But I have no data points confirming this 'impression'.

However, I've now reassigned the bug to gstreamer0.10. Feel free to
raise the severity if you can confirm that the attached patch fixes the
issue for you.

> Did you notice the recent discussion about the BTS
> and escalating bugs on -devel@?

No.

> Btw, I didn't find the appropriate repository and commit, so it becomes
> a bit hard to experiment, as the mentioned paste at ubuntu.com has
> been deleted, too.  I tried gstreamer/gstreamer and gstreamer/common -
> everything else looked already non-functional at the surface (eg why
> would I search gstreamer/www for that?)... 

The upstream repository (actually the link to the mentioned commit) is
at
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/commit/?id=401f9b3de72de759c76da155a339c754b653bf9d

If you find it more convenient, you can also grab the attached patch,
drop it in the debian/patches/ directory, add it to the
debian/patches/series file and rebuild the package.

> Do you want suggestions for
> improvements in that freedesktop archive organization (off-list)?!?

No, I am not directly involved in freedesktop. But you're welcome to
share them nevertheless. Just in case someone involved reads this here...

Regards,
Micha

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