[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Remove ivtv ao and vo drivers

[Alexander Strasser]

On 2019-05-21 20:26 +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 05:21:16PM +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > IVTV support is for a long time available through Video4Linux.
> > The hardware can still be used through the v4l2 vo and ao drivers.
> >
> > There is still IVTV linux code in a VIDIX driver. This change
> > doesn't remove the IVTV remnants in the VIDIX source.
>
> I have no strong opinion, but maybe worth to (b)cc the
> authors/maintainers?
> I don't think we should remove code that has someone listed
> in MAINTAINERS without at least a minimal attempt to
> contact those people.

Yes. Seems like the right thing to do.

I didn't do it initially, because I think the code wasn't seriously
compiled for a long time. The ivtv kernel driver has been merged into
V4L in 2007. Don't know how long after that, older kernels with IVTV
were in use...

Anyways, I contacted Ben privately. I will be waiting for some time
if I receive a reply. I don't think we are in a particular hurry to
remove that code.


  Alexander