Request to Join Project VDR and DVB packaging Project

[Timo Aaltonen]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Thomas Schmidt wrote:

>> Comments by the user:
>> Hi! I'd like to join the team and help maintaining the packages.
>> I formed a ubuntu-vdr team on launchpad.net, and would love to keep
>> the Ubuntu packages in sync with you guys.
>
> No Problem, you were allready added to the Team. You should now have
> commit-access to the svn-repository.

Yes, Tobias informed me privately.

> I also requested to be added to the Ubuntu-vdr team on launchpad.net.

And you got accepted, welcome ;)

> As far as i read from the description of the Ubuntu-vdr team, you
> intend to include most packages from e-tobi.net to Ubuntu, this
> should not be a problem because the packages are mostly source-
> compatible with the vdr-package which is allready in Ubuntu.
> (Some Plugins can not be built without additional patches to vdr, the
> Debian-vdr is mostly unpatched.)

Yep, I'd like the team to keep the packages in sync as close as possible, 
but for now it seems that vdr needs some patches to make me happy. I 
understand if you don't want to include patches in Debian that aren't yet 
in upstream, but I hope you'll understand if some are included in Ubuntu, 
at least support for subtitles since that's practically essential for me 
and all the (yet potential) users in Finland :)

> Did you contact Tobias Grimm (tg at e-tobi.net) allready and spoke with
> him about your plans? (I guess it should not be a proble to get
> svn-access to his repository too, as every helping hand is welcome.)

Yes, we discussed with Tobias some of the issues like burn-plugin 
dependencies, projectx and stuff.


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ps. just for the record; I'm using vdr since last February, now I have a 
Technotrend C2100 and C1500 with a 3.5" CI+Conax (no card though..) in a 
Antec Fusion case. My parents "ordered" a mostly similar setup from me, 
so that should indicate how good vdr is :)


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