https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53112
--- Comment #4 from Zeb Figura z.figura12@gmail.com --- (In reply to Rafał Mużyło from comment #3)
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #2)
There's no need for statements like that. Many stability-focused distributions ship similarly old library versions, and we have no difficulty supporting that in this case.
I'd say YMMV.
That is on one hand, I see this argument a bit off target - given how many changes during that time wine has seen...
Also, it's just reasonable to update the deps while you're updating the leafs, as long as as they're ABI compatible.
No part of this makes any sense. We don't have any pressing need to require newer GStreamer, therefore we can and should accommodate older GStreamer.
Also also, in this particular context that function was a bit dangerous before the change - in wine context (no control over data fed into the app) that would be inviting trouble.
Please stop making statements like this without a complete understanding of the relevant code, it is far more harmful than helpful.