From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:27650 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754584Ab0DZHn7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:43:59 -0400 Message-ID: <4BD544A3.50604@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:45:39 +0200 From: Hans de Goede MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chicken Shack CC: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: Xawtv version 3.96 References: <4BD19F77.2020303@redhat.com> <1272035901.4167.5.camel@brian.bconsult.de> In-Reply-To: <1272035901.4167.5.camel@brian.bconsult.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On 04/23/2010 05:18 PM, Chicken Shack wrote: > > It would make much more sense to complete (or at least try to complete) > xawtv 4.0 pre instead of fixing bugs in 3.96. > > Reasons why? > > 1. 4.0 pre contains more innovation, new ideas. > 2. 3.96 s analogue only, not DVB. > 3. Both the analogue AND the DVB driver development section do need > reference applications for driver development: 4.0 pre contains BOTH: > reference apps for analogue AND DVB driver development. > We're currently mainly working on collecting distro patches for 3.xx so as to have a 3.xx upstream with all known issues fixed, and to have a source of xawtv-3.xx which will work out of the box on recent distro's When setting up 3.xx git, we've also set up a 4.xx git, so that interested parties can work on it. As you seem interested, feel free to submit patches and / or apply for direct commit access to 4.xx git. Regards, Hans