On Wed, 2022-01-05 at 17:13 +0100, Roland Nöll wrote:
>
> i have updated the DCC decoder:
> - added RCN-218 norm
> - added additional search function
Can those who are working on DCC decoding please join forces,
inspect the different implementations that were suggested so far,
and compare and ideally merge them or decide on which one is to
get picked?
This is a subjective perception, but here is what I have seen so
far: Neither maintainers nor other active developers are familiar
with the protocol, could neither review in useful ways, nor tell
how these variants relate to each other or which one should be
preferred. Nor have I seen other feedback from non-developers
(in other words: users of those decoders). That's when none of
the suggested decoder implementations will get picked, and all
of them will keep sitting somewhere outside of mainline.
Consider creating or updating the DCC protocol decoder's wiki
page, regardless of whether an implementation is in mainline.
This may be useful to get there, and could start with an overview
of what became available so far out of tree.
Independent from the necessary review and identification of the
most appropriate candidate: Consider providing example captures
and decoder implementations in ways that are easier to pick up by
developers. Leave fewer work on the maintainers' side, by
following style and providing docs similar to other protocols.
Keeping all the parts in one repo _may_ be acceptable to avoid
the split into the PD and dumps and tests on the submitter's
side, _when_ the subdirs would at least correspond to what will
be taken into the sigrok repos respectively. Don't expect the
work to be done by those who are unfamiliar with the protocol or
the setup, that would reduce the probability of being taken.
virtually yours
Gerhard Sittig
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