Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 1/8/07, Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > > > That's great. I don't even ask for the word 'support' to be used, I > > > would be happy with: > > > > > > * works with clean fedora (no binary blob drivers or firmware required) > > > * works with non fedora worthy firmware > > > * works in Linux, but not Fedora ready (or clean enough) > > > * no idea > > > * doesn't work > > Who would compile and keep this up to date? Have you any idea of how many > > brands and models of different pieces are around? > The community would. For example: > > 1) I install F7 OK. > 2) My tv card works immediately without any additional drivers Or it doesn't. > 3) I pull the card info from available sources Which ones? > 4) I add it to the db if it isn't already there Who checks your entry is correct? What happens if you reported it didn't work, and it works fine for me, or viceversa? [...] > All I'm asking for a Fedora blessed infrastructure to be put in place, > not for any one person to be responsible for populating it This requires manpower (to check for junk, to clean up entries, to discriminate among conclicting entries, ...). Ask the people at <http://www.linuxprinting.org> if this is a trivial job. And printers are outside the box, so it is /simple/ compared to all possible strange interactions among in-box pieces. > The benefit of this being that next time I'm buying hardware, I can > scurry over to the db and check what the best options are. For higher-end stuff the data is usually at hand, for el-cheapo not (and better stay away from that in any case). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
