Package: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
Version: 0.10.31-3
Severity: normal
Some packages depend on gstreamer0.10-alsa | gstreamer0.10-audiosink or
comparable because they need a gstreamer sink/source plugin of some
sort. Unfortunately, far too many packages provide the virtual
gstreamer0.10-audiosink package.
For example, most systems use ALSA because it is the Debian default
sound system. So the GStreamer plugin to be isntalled would be
gstreamer0.10-alsa.
However, in many circumstances, for example the task-xfce-desktop,
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is pulled in before a package depending on
-audiosink is being installed. xfce4-mixer is such a case - when
installing task-xfce-desktop, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is installed as
a dependency of some package. When it comes to installing xfce4-mixer,
gestreamer0.10-plugins-good provides -audiosink thus fulfilling the
dependency. The required gstreamer0.10-alsa never gets installed.
Therefore, the audio/video sink/source virtual packages should not be
provided at such large scale. The user should be able to choose their
backend, but if they didn't choose a specific audiosink for example,
-alsa must get a chance to really get pulled in.
This also affects gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gstreamer0.10-plugins-good depends on:
ii gstreamer0.10-gconf 0.10.31-3
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base0.10.36-1
ii libaa11.4p5-40
ii libavc1394-0 0.5.4-1
ii libbz2-1.01.0.6-4
ii libc6 2.13-35
ii libcaca0 0.99.beta18-1
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-2
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-2
ii libdv41.0.0-4
ii libflac8 1.2.1-6
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-2
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-02.26.1-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.3-1
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.36-1
ii libgstreamer0.10-00.10.36-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0175-7
ii libiec61883-0 1.2.0-0.1
ii libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.116] 1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-4
ii libjpeg8 8d-1
ii liborc-0.4-0 1:0.4.16-2
ii libpng12-01.2.49-1
ii libraw1394-11 2.0.9-1
ii libshout3 2.2.2-8
ii libsoup-gnome2.4-12.38.1-2
ii libsoup2.4-1 2.38.1-2
ii libspeex1 1.2~rc1-6
ii libstdc++64.7.2-2
ii libtag1c2a1.7.2-1
ii libv4l-0 0.8.8-3
ii libwavpack1 4.60.1-3
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.3-2
ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2
ii libxfixes31:5.0-4
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-5
ii libxv12:1.0.7-1
ii zlib1g1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
Versions of packages gstreamer0.10-plugins-good recommends:
ii gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.36-1
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good suggests no packages.
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