On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 08:53:34AM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I think it's time to start dealing with driver deprecation on a more > active level. I'm not sure how far off server 1.5 is, but I'd like to be > well ahead of it in dealing with the changes it brings. It should be > obvious now that almost all the input drivers are going away, and a few of > the video drivers as well. My feeling is that we should give people a > chance to try and save these drivers though, so we should work up a mail to > debian-devel-announce detailing why these drivers will be going away, and > what people can do about it. > > This week I'll come up with a list of the drivers that haven't been > ported to the new input and pci-rework frameworks and also compose a draft > of the mail. I'll send it here for comments so we can make sure it's well > written before it's sent. If you guys have any thoughts on the matter, or > suggestions for writing the mail, please let me know.
Thanks, it's good to hear options are being left open for getting the wayward drivers caught up in time. I do have a couple suggestions: Include a link to a page describing in general the type of work needed to bring a driver up to date. This will both give them the scope of work they'd be committing to, and highlight the objective(s) they should focus on. Point to a discussion forum of some sort where people interested in the same driver can get in contact and potentially collaborate on efforts. I can also forward the letter on to the busdev type folks at Canonical, as they frequently bring up contacts that wish to use the second or third tier drivers. I don't know if their drivers of interest will be on the list, but it would be a good chance to raise awareness that a bit of development involvement from these user companies could help improve their collective situation significantly. Bryce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
