On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually > determine someone's opinion. > > So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me > with your yes/no answer and (optional but welcome) a short explanation to > your standpoint. It doesn't matter if you are a user or developer, I'd like > to see your opinion regardless. > > Please DO NOT reply to the replies, I'll summarize the results in a week's > time and then we can discuss it further. > > Should we drop support for kernels <2.6.22 in our v4l-dvb repository? > > _: Yes > _: No YES > > Optional question: Why can't we drop support for all but the latest kernel? > > Why: As others have already pointed out, it is a waste of time for developers who volunteer their time to work on supporting prior kernel revisions for use by enterprise distributions. The task of back-porting driver modifications to earlier kernels lessens the amount of time developers can focus on improving the quality and stability of new and existing drivers. Furthermore, it deters driver development since there an expectation that they will back-port their driver to earlier kernel versions. Finally, as a developer, I have have little interest in what was new yesterday. I usually run the latest kernel whenever possible and for a number of different reasons. Some of those reasons include better hardware support, bug detection, and stability testing. All services greatly valued by other kernel developers. Regards, David Ellingsworth -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
