From: Barry S. <bar...@on...> - 2006-03-24 11:39:38
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Michael Roitzsch wrote: > Hi, > >> I'm seeing a lot of patches being sent to this list. Are they being >> reviewed and committed? > > Good question. The problem is, at least for me, far too little time. I > am currently in the middle of my diploma thesis (roughly equivalent to > a master's degree) and although I am trying, I just don't get much > done besides that. Other core members of the team seem to be equally > short on free time. > > I might get around to do something on the coming weekend, but > obviously we need a more stable solution. I am open to any suggestions. I guess there are three problems: 1. Review of patches - Is the patch useful? Does it work? 2. Testing of patches - does the patch introduce any instablilty? 3. Getting the code into CVS - new patches on a branch maybe? Merge after positive reports to trunk? I can help with (2) for the input's that we use here all the time. input_v4l, input_dvb, input_rtp and xv output. For (1) I can comment on the areas that I've dug into, but there is a lot of xine that is still magic. I've not got much time to do (3), as you point out this needs some one with time to help. Barry |