GStreamer 1.24 was released on 2024-03-03 (release announcement, which was quite late relative to the Fedora 40 release cycle (i.e. during the beta freeze).

The packages for GStreamer were updated from 1.22 to 1.24 in Rawhide only on 2024-03-05. I only noticed that Fedora 40 didn't get this update a few days before the final freeze went into effect, at which point it was deemed too close to the final freeze to still push the update to Fedora 40.

Now the Multimedia SIG has been approached by GStreamer upstream developers - why Fedora 40 is shipping without the latest version of GStreamer (missing out on new features, big performance improvements for GTK4-based video players, etc.).

Even ubuntu 24.04 LTS (which released two days after Fedora 40) ships with GStreamer 1.24, and there are no known regressions left when moving from 1.22 to 1.24 branch, so the update should not be disruptive.

cc @limb @wtaymans @sergiomb @yselkowitz (package maintainers and people who were involved in the Multimedia SIG discussion)

I'm filing this request on behalf of the Multimedia SIG, GStreamer package maintainers, and GStreamer upstream. I am not personally involved in pushing for this update except as Multimedia SIG member (and being personally interested in the improvements included in GStreamer 1.24).