Re: Proposition...

[Mihai Amariutei <mihai@ambra.ro>]

I don't know if life well be easier considering the rpm will be
kernel-version dependant (and a lot rpm's will be needed then). Nowadays you
should just put the driver somewhere, make @ make insmod and you're off
(regardless of the kernel you use).
Applications you need depends on what you want to do, dvbd is for data
receiving, gvideo for TV. Maybe these are better candidates for rpm'ing (but
at least dvbd needs recompiling, having options in a .h file - or two rpm's,
one for ppp and another for eth0).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Edgar Tripany" <red@tripany.com>
To: "Michael Holzt" <kju@fqdn.org>; "DVB" <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: Proposition...


> I still don't even know what apps are needed, what drivers are needed and
> what the switches in dvbd.conf are... an rpm would make life a bit easier,
i
> can then always tweak the .conf file from at least a starting point - i'd
> have everything in one place!
>
> I like the idea
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Holzt" <kju@fqdn.org>
> To: "DVB" <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 10:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Proposition...
>
>
> > > I think now it's the time for a .rpm version of the siemens driver.
> >
> > Making .rpm's of kernel modules is a very very bad idea. Maybe the apps
> > can be packaged, but i don't see any point in it. In the current state i
> > think that only people who are able to compile themselves should use the
> > driver.
> >
> > > An precompiled version of the driver an surrounding apps can spare a
lot
> > > of time for installing the siemens (and compatible) card
> >
> > Hmm, saving 1 1/2 Minute? Or how long do you need for compile?
> >
> > I oppose against this idea.
> >
> > --
> > Greetings
> > Michael
> >
>
>