Time for a v4l-utils 1.8.0 release
Hello,
It's already more than half a year since the last v4l-utils release. Do you have any pending commits or objections? If no one vetos I'd like to release this weekend.
Thanks,
Gregor
Em Tue, 05 May 2015 21:08:49 +0200
Gregor Jasny <[email protected]> escreveu:
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Hello,
It's already more than half a year since the last v4l-utils release. Do you have any pending commits or objections? If no one vetos I'd like to release this weekend.
There is are a additions I'd like to add to v4l-utils:
1) on DVB, ioctls may fail with -EAGAIN. Some parts of the libdvbv5 don't handle it well. I made one quick hack for it, but didn't have time to add a timeout to avoid an endless loop. The patch is simple. I just need some time to do that;
2) The Media Controller control util (media-ctl) doesn't support DVB.
The patchset adding DVB support on media-ctl is ready, and I'm merging right now, and matches what's there at Kernel version 4.1-rc1 and upper.
Yet, Laurent and Sakari want to do some changes at the Kernel API, before setting it into a stone at Kernel v 4.1 release.
This has to happen on the next 4 weeks.
So, I suggest to postpone the release of 1.8.0 until the end of this month.
Regards,
Mauro
Hi Mauro,
Quoted 14 lines · On Tuesday 05 May 2015 17:22:35 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
Em Tue, 05 May 2015 21:08:49 +0200 Gregor Jasny escreveu:
Quoted 5 lines
Hello,
It's already more than half a year since the last v4l-utils release. Do you have any pending commits or objections? If no one vetos I'd like to release this weekend.
There is are a additions I'd like to add to v4l-utils:
1) on DVB, ioctls may fail with
-EAGAIN. Some parts of the libdvbv5 don't handle it well. I made one quick hack for it, but didn't have time to add a timeout to avoid an endless loop. The patch is simple. I just need some time to do that;
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2) The Media Controller control util (media-ctl) doesn't support DVB.
The patchset adding DVB support on media-ctl is ready, and I'm merging right now, and matches what's there at Kernel version 4.1-rc1 and upper.
Yet, Laurent and Sakari want to do some changes at the Kernel API, before setting it into a stone at Kernel v 4.1 release.
I think Hans wants changes too.
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This has to happen on the next 4 weeks.
We'll try to, but depending on how review goes this might take more time.
In the meantime I suggest moving the media-ctl changes to a separate branch and go with the v1.8.0 release as planned.
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So, I suggest to postpone the release of 1.8.0 until the end of this month.
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Regards, Laurent Pinchart
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Hi Mauro,
Quoted 14 lines · On Tuesday 05 May 2015 17:22:35 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
Em Tue, 05 May 2015 21:08:49 +0200 Gregor Jasny escreveu:
Quoted 5 lines
Hello,
It's already more than half a year since the last v4l-utils release. Do you have any pending commits or objections? If no one vetos I'd like to release this weekend.
There is are a additions I'd like to add to v4l-utils:
1) on DVB, ioctls may fail with
-EAGAIN. Some parts of the libdvbv5 don't handle it well. I made one quick hack for it, but didn't have time to add a timeout to avoid an endless loop. The patch is simple. I just need some time to do that;Quoted 7 lines
2) The Media Controller control util (media-ctl) doesn't support DVB.
The patchset adding DVB support on media-ctl is ready, and I'm merging right now, and matches what's there at Kernel version 4.1-rc1 and upper.
Yet, Laurent and Sakari want to do some changes at the Kernel API, before setting it into a stone at Kernel v 4.1 release.
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I think Hans wants changes too.
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This has to happen on the next 4 weeks.
We'll try to, but depending on how review goes this might take more time.
In the meantime I suggest moving the media-ctl changes to a separate branch and go with the v1.8.0 release as planned.
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So, I suggest to postpone the release of 1.8.0 until the end of this month.
Hi,
Maybe someone would like to give the v4l-utils a spin on FreeBSD before release? Or is this the latest code in the .git ?
--HPS
Hello,
Quoted 21 lines · Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Tue, 05 May 2015 21:08:49 +0200
Gregor Jasny <[email protected]> escreveu:Quoted 5 lines
Hello,
It's already more than half a year since the last v4l-utils release. Do you have any pending commits or objections? If no one vetos I'd like to release this weekend.
There is are a additions I'd like to add to v4l-utils:
1) on DVB, ioctls may fail with
-EAGAIN. Some parts of the libdvbv5 don't handle it well. I made one quick hack for it, but didn't have time to add a timeout to avoid an endless loop. The patch is simple. I just need some time to do that;2) The Media Controller control util (media-ctl) doesn't support DVB.
The patchset adding DVB support on media-ctl is ready, and I'm merging right now, and matches what's there at Kernel version 4.1-rc1 and upper.
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Yet, Laurent and Sakari want to do some changes at the Kernel API, before setting it into a stone at Kernel v 4.1 release.
This has to happen on the next 4 weeks.
So, I suggest to postpone the release of 1.8.0 until the end of this month.
I'd like to release v4l-utils 1.8.0 during the upcoming weekend. Please postpone any disruptive fixes until the release has been tagged.
Thanks,
Gregor
Hi Gregor,
Em Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:17:23 +0200
Gregor Jasny <[email protected]> escreveu:
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Hello,
Quoted 24 lines · Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Tue, 05 May 2015 21:08:49 +0200
Gregor Jasny <[email protected]> escreveu:Quoted 5 lines
Hello,
It's already more than half a year since the last v4l-utils release. Do you have any pending commits or objections? If no one vetos I'd like to release this weekend.
There is are a additions I'd like to add to v4l-utils:
1) on DVB, ioctls may fail with
-EAGAIN. Some parts of the libdvbv5 don't handle it well. I made one quick hack for it, but didn't have time to add a timeout to avoid an endless loop. The patch is simple. I just need some time to do that;2) The Media Controller control util (media-ctl) doesn't support DVB.
The patchset adding DVB support on media-ctl is ready, and I'm merging right now, and matches what's there at Kernel version 4.1-rc1 and upper.
Yet, Laurent and Sakari want to do some changes at the Kernel API, before setting it into a stone at Kernel v 4.1 release.
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This has to happen on the next 4 weeks.
So, I suggest to postpone the release of 1.8.0 until the end of this month.
I'd like to release v4l-utils 1.8.0 during the upcoming weekend. Please postpone any disruptive fixes until the release has been tagged.
OK.
There was one patch there adding support for DVB at the Media Controller part based on the old approach. As we decided to use a different approach ("MC next generation"), I reverted the change, as we won't want that change to go to the distros. It is not actually a big deal, as there's no released Kernel using the old approach, and the code in question is only triggered by certain types of defines that will never be found. Yet, I prefer not having an API support on a non-development branch for something that will never be mainstream.
Besides of such change, I think the remaining stuff there are OK for a new release.
After the release of 1.8.x, I'll likely be merging a test application to allow checking the new API on the next development branch, at contrib/test.
Regards,
Mauro