[mythtv] Re: ivtv 0.3.0

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Tue Oct 12 10:09:14 UTC 2004


On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 08:15:53AM +0100, John Harvey wrote:
> > On Monday 11 October 2004 09:41 pm, David Engel wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 01:46:03AM +0200, Marcel Meier wrote:
> > > > Better go read the list over there at ivtv!!
> > > >
> > > > The 0.3.0 is the new development version.
> > > > The 0.2.0 better at the moment 0.2.0-rc1 will become the "stable" driver
> > > > version atm.
> > >
> > > Correct, so please help test the 0.2.0 release candidates unless you
> > > really, really, really want to live on the bleeding edge of 0.3.0.
> > >
> > > FYI, Isaac will have the final word, but my intention is that any
> > > near-term enhancements in Myth will be for the 0.2.0 driver.
> > 
> > Sure, that's ok.  I would like to keep backwards compatability with 0.1.9,
> > though.
> > 
> > Isaac

> 0.2 installs ivtv.h header in /usr/include/linux. I have a patch that I'm
> working on that conditionally looks for it and sets a define when qmake is
> run. We can then maintain backward compatibility using this define to switch
> out new code.
> Does that sound ok to you Isaac?
> John

If possible it would be nice to detect this at runtime, so the
matching happens on the target system, and the user can upgrade ivtv
independently from mythtv.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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