On Friday 12 February 2010 11:03:59 Frank Schaefer wrote: > >> libv4l compiles at least on the last 8 kernel-versions (and likely on > >> olders, too). > >> Tells us, how far should we go with backwards-compatibility ? ;) > > I think it is a bad decision to refuse to compile on anything without strong reasons. Users shooting themselves in the foot because they can't use CMake, or bad packagers, are not strong reasons.
> > I'm not sure *why* libv4l did not compile on that system I mentioned, the > > kernel was not extremely old. :/ > > I don't know, too. It's really easy to compile libv4l. :) > *shrug* there was no configure, only a Makefile, and I typed "make" and it didn't work, so I gave up. > > See it from my perspective: Some software I use all the time suddenly > > refuses to compile because I don't have something that I don't need > > anyway, and the software decides that it's not worth compiling without > > that, uhm, essential feature. Kopete actually is somewhat important for > > me, video support I never use. > > You can make it suddenly work again by installing libv4l ;) . > > Please note: there is currently NO possibility to compile Kopete WITHOUT > the webcam-part. Well, it does compile without v4l at least :) > Maybe we could change this in the future, but it's a bigger task with a > low prority at the moment. > If you think it's worth the work and you can spend some time on it, your > work will be appreciated. > I personally prefer spending my limited time on improving the > webcam-code to make it more usable for people and the protocols. > You're the maintainers, I can't override your decision. But I think it's a bad decision: Kopete refuses to provide 90% functionality, you can have 100% or nothing. The general approach in KDE is usually to compile with the absolute minimum of dependencies and make the rest optional. That's developer-friendly. Also consider that not every (Linux) system that can run KDE is a desktop. Do you still think it's a good decision to not compile without v4l on a platform that runs Linux and that can never have a webcam? (Well, I see how it can be a nice hack to connect a webcam to an N900...) > Cheers, > Frank _______________________________________________ kopete-devel mailing list kopete-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
