On 01/10/2013 09:49 PM, Manu Abraham wrote: > On 1/11/13, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 01/10/2013 09:38 PM, Manu Abraham wrote: >>> The format can be definitely changed. There's no issue to it. >> >> No you cannot. Applications depend on that, it's part of the dvb ABI. If >> you changed that, you would do the same mistake as Mauro let it flowing >> through his tree and it was pointed out by Linus in the link you sent... > > I understand what you are thinking, but that's not exactly about it. The format > can simply be updated by adding newer params to it's end, thus not breaking > any of the applications. OK, but that still does not explain why it is requisite to have the data along with the sources. There is no problem in updating both the files and scandata separately, because it has to be compatible. Also I'm not sure whether adding a column at the end wouldn't break the apps. -- js -- 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
