Hans Verkuil 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
Yes
_: No
Optional question:
Why:
Firstly let me state that I am not a v4l developer. I have been lurking
on this list and its predecessor for about 3 years as I find low level
hardware programming very interesting. The main concern for the no camp
seemed to be support for EL5. I use EL 3, 4 and 5 for different purposes
to this day, and I would like to add my viewpoint. I know the older
releases have inferior hardware support compared to the newer ones, but
to me this is not a problem, just a consideration when selecting the
hardware I wish to use. If v4l stops supporting kernels < 2.6.22 then it
is not like EL5 based on 2.6.18 will instantly be useless. It just means
that you will need to find a camera or dvr card that is already
supported. I dont see that this is a problem, and think that this trade
off is worth it so as to not complicate life for future development more
than it needs to be.
Ant
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