Em Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:34:15 +0200
P. van Gaans w3ird_n...@gmx.net escreveu:
Hi,
I have a few ideas for the wiki. They go a bit further than fixing a
typo, so I'd first like to discuss the ideas before messing up wiki
pages and doing lots of unwanted work.
The first is to add a ==Users== section to each device, just above the
external links section. For this I already made the following template
to use (may need some tweaking, but it's a start):
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Template:Users_who_own_this_device
The idea is primarily that whenever a patch is written for the device or
another patch that might influence this device it's easier to find
contact details for a few users who are willing to test the patch so
they can be contacted directly. Most people don't read every message on
the mailing list.
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The second idea is a bit more complicated and I'm not even sure the wiki
is the right place to do it. While searching for support information for
various devices, I noticed that I kept stumbling upon abandoned patches,
mostly on the mailing list, for devices that are currently unsupported
in v4l-dvb. If I really start to dig in, I'm afraid I'll find at least
tens of them. Some of those devices are really attractive.
That seems like a waste: we know how the device works, we actually have
working code.. But for one reason or another, it's not getting pulled.
Maybe the code needs a cleanup. Maybe somebody just forgot to file a
pull request. Maybe the code wasn't signed off. AFAIK we currently have
no overview of these patches.
The idea is to make a wiki page (suggestions for a page title?) that
lists the device, links to the available patch(es) or code and lists the
reason why the patch hasn't been pulled yet.
Well, if the patches exist and were not damaged by the emailer, they'll
be stored forever at patchwork:
https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/list/?state=*
If you're willing to dig into it, I suggest you to see if it was just
forgot to be applied and contact the corresponding sub-maintainer,
asking him to review it. If the patch is broken, then it makes sense
to ping the author for him to fix the patch and send a new version.
Ok, it may have there some things that are in so bad state that can't
be merged, but, on most cases, it is possible to merge them at
drivers/staging/media, if someone is willing to take some care on it
and fix the pending issues.
Regards,
Mauro
Cheers,
Mauro
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