On Wednesday 05 March 2008 22:50:14 Sander Sweers wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Now that ivtv has moved into the kernel and anything else is sort of
> in maintanance mode. I was thinking about moving the instructions for
> the older ivtv releases into a new "legacy" page on the wiki. This
> would also include moving the download links into a similar page or
> perhaps the same page.
>
> The reason is that while it is very complete it can also be very
> confusing, especially the modules section for ivtv 0.4 and earlier.
> Another example are the kernel <-> ivtv dependencies.
>
> So, how many people on this list still use the older releases of
> ivtv? Should the user list be asked for feedback?
>
> Do they require the instructions to be in the general howto on the
> wiki?
>
> Maybe Axel can provide some download statistics for the past months?
>
> Do we still want to show instruction for the pre mainline kernel
> versions? IMO only 0.10, v4l-dvb and in kernel should remain. Where
> 0.10 will be moved out in the next 3 to 6 months.
>
> As a bonus, when the old instructions are moved out of the general
> howto it will free up a lot of space. The Xdriver howto *could* be
> merged into the general howto without causing readability issues. And
> also a section explaining how to get v4l-dvb compiling and installed
> could be added.
>
> So does anyone have objections, suggestions (want to call me stupid
> for suggesting it ;-))?
I agree completely. Anything less than 0.10 is basically obsolete and I
will not maintain it anymore, so it is definitely legacy. I doubt the
0.10 series will see any newer releases, although I will probably keep
it alive for 6 more months or so.
Regards,
Hans
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