[vdr] Patches over patches (CVS?)

[Andreas Trauer <vdr@trauers.homelinux.net>]

Hi list, hi Klaus,

there are so many different patches and patch collections for VDR.

Is there a reason that there is no CVS system (e.g. sourceforge.net) used?

I found the "newbie question" by Bud Millwood in the archive (Tue, 27 
May 2003 17:15:15 +0200),
but the answers are not sufficient.

When someone has a patch, then it would be a good idea to put it in the 
CVS, so everyone could apply it right away, but there is still one 
version of the VDR.

Of course there must be someone, who decides which patch is interesting 
enough for the most people. Probably Klaus (with some proxies?).

I see a lot of advantages in using a CVS system. There are a lot of 
people providing good patches for different functionalities. The most 
patches are provided for the mainline VDR 1.2.5, some are only for older 
versions, but when some patches are applied, there will be problems to 
apply more patches, that are based on the mainline version only.

If these patches would become part of the mainline, then it would be 
much easier. Everyone could benefit from the better functionality.

Klaus, you have mailed on Tue, 20 May 2003 10:55:39 +0200 in the thread 
*"vdr near final - time for cosmetic changes?" *that you plan to provide 
a plugin interface for the OSD, that were the Elchi patch could go, but 
that would not solve the problem, just move it to another place, because 
there are also people who want to patch the Elchi-version to make it 
look even better.

So IMHO the best way would be, when the most patches would go in the 
mainline as soon as possible after the patches are created, so everyone 
could update his VDR before providing new (smaller) patches.


Andreas

BTW: I hope your medical conditions gets well soon, Klaus







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