Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:28:29AM +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote: > >>(sorry for the typos, I'm not yet woken up;) >>another try... > > > (I'll pick this one to reply to :) ) > > >>The API documentation you talk about is the one of the 'old' driver. >>This API is pretty stable in the sense that the driver will only get >>bug-fixed, new development is going into an extra branch in CVS, marked >>by the tag NEWSTRUCT. >> >>There you'll find a short HOWTO which describes the API changes. > > > OK, so the API document is old and describes the old API, and while a > new API is in the works, it just hasn't been documented yet (as in API > specification)?
No, beside the HOWTO, the examples in the DVB/apps/ directory and the comments in the source there is no written documentation yet. > I do know about NEWSTRUCT (and have it checked out), I was just assuming > that the latest existing document is still the basis for the driver. no, the API has changed, but these changes are outlined in the HOWTO I mentioned. You'll find it in the doc directory. >>There is no documentation maintainer right now, that's why it is pretty >>outdated. Feel free to contribute! > > > I will.. I had considered writing a new API specification already, > trying to fix the worst problems in the old API document. > > Then the question rather becomes, who owns the document? It's (C) > Convergence but published without fees, so if I do rewrite the API > documentation, what's the legal status? See the mail from Johannes too, Convergence decided to change all licenses to plain GPL, no double licensing schemes anymore. Holger -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
