This means we can use some newer features and get rid of some
boilerplate code using the G_DECLARE_* macros.
As discussed on IRC, 2.44 is old enough by now to start depending on it.
dnl *** checks for dependency libraries ***
dnl GLib is required
-AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([2.40.0])
+AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([2.44.0])
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GIO, gio-2.0 >= 2.16, HAVE_GIO=yes, HAVE_GIO=no)
AC_SUBST(GIO_CFLAGS)
libversion = '@0@.@1@.0'.format(soversion, curversion)
osxversion = curversion + 1
-glib_req = '>= 2.40.0'
+glib_req = '>= 2.44.0'
gst_req = '>= @0@.@1@.0'.format(gst_version_major, gst_version_minor)
cc = meson.get_compiler('c')