From: Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:29:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: gdp: add note to docs about GDP versioning; remove tmpl file
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X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b09b5bc073f03a746a00bf7d549dcd30c06017cd;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fgstreamer.git

gdp: add note to docs about GDP versioning; remove tmpl file

Original commit message from CVS:
add note to docs about GDP versioning; remove tmpl file
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diff --git a/gst/gdp/dataprotocol.c b/gst/gdp/dataprotocol.c
index 74da67f..fa07d0c 100644
--- a/gst/gdp/dataprotocol.c
+++ b/gst/gdp/dataprotocol.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
  * stream.  This implies that there will always be a caps packet before any
  * buffer packets.
  *
+ * The versioning of the protocol is independent of GStreamer's version.
+ * The major number gets incremented, and the minor reset, for incompatible
+ * changes.  The minor number gets incremented for compatible changes that
+ * allow clients who do not completely understand the newer protocol version
+ * to still decode what they do understand.
+ *
  * Version 0.2 serializes only a small subset of all events, with a custom
  * payload for each type.  Also, all GDP streams start with the initial caps
  * packet.