Re: RFCv1: v4l-dvb development models & old kernel support

[wk <handygewinnspiel@gmx.de>]

Hans Verkuil wrote:
> Comments?
>
> 	Hans
>   

As only beeing reader of this list.., why not simply reduce the work load by

- reducing the number of supported kernel versions to five major 
versions? Currently 2.6.28 would mean down to 2.6.23,
this would be enough cover all nearly up-to-date distributions. Users 
from embedded devices are anyway mostly not able to compile or use newer 
drivers.

- not changing to git, already since this generates a lot of work
Not too far away dev was changed from cvs to hg, and already there some 
pieces are left over (for example that api stuff).

- force users to upgrade their kernel if (breaking these backward 
compat, and only if) *major* upgrades inside standard kernel would 
require a very huge amount of backporting, for example that i2c stuff.

I guess such solution would help immediately.

--Winfried