ITP: libcrystalhd2 -- Library for Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder cards

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 03:40:37PM -0400, Andres Mejia wrote:
>On Monday 16 August 2010 06:32:59 Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:19:40 (CEST), Andres Mejia wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 10 August 2010 23:38:09 Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 14:39:19 (EDT), Andres Mejia wrote:
>> >> > Is there any progress with getting libcrystalhd2 into Debian? I 
>> >> > would like to help if that's alright.
>> >>
>> >> just curious, is this a driver package? what kind of hardware does 
>> >> it support, and how big is the expected userbase?
>> >
>> > This is just for packaging the library. Driver is in mainstream 
>> > kernel as of 2.6.34 so there's no need for us to package that. 
>> > Firmware can't be included because it's under a non-free license. 
>> > Here's the firmware license.
>>
>> Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
>>
>> I think this package makes most sense for our team if at least two 
>> members of our team can actually test and use those cards. This 
>> requires running a 2.6.34 kernel and using this firmware. Otherwise 
>> I'm not so sure.
>
>Well, I don't have the necessary hardware to test myself either. Shall 
>I go ahead and place this under collab-maint and ask debien-mentors for 
>a sponser?

Huh?!?

If you succeed at that, you've just proven exactly why I dislike the 
sponsor system:  People not really responsible about some packages let 
others also not really responsible put them into debian.

The sponsor system wasn't designed to loosen responsibility but in 
effect it (sometimes) does that.


No - please do not try to get a package into Debian which you do not 
care about yourself, make sure yourself works properly, and intend 
yourself to maintain in the future to keep working properly.


Sorry if I sound rough.  I really really appreciate efforts - also 
contributions other than properly packaged and maintained packages.  I 
just really want it perfectly clear what "package maintainance" is.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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