Re: RFS: uvccapture (5th try)
Hello Vincent,
Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate it.
2008/5/25 Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org>:
> You seem to have difficulties to find a sponsor for your package. I see
> two problems not related to packaging:
> - README tells that the software is really a hack, has high CPU usage
> and it should become useless at some point (still image support is
> not yet available in the UVC driver). When a software is included
> into Debian, it will stay in it for quite some time (longer than a
> release, about two years). If uvccapture becomes useless or breaks
> just after lenny is out, this is a pity.
According to Linux-UVC page [1] still image support is not even yet
started, so uvccapture is only way to get a snapshot from UVC device
and this will not change in near future. Moreover, even with completed
support for still images it should also works using current solution
(let say current "hack").
> - This is a very specific software targetted at people owning this
> specific piece of hardware and needing a soft for taking periodic
> snapshots. I suppose that it is because the lack of image support in
> USB UVC drivers that this software uses a specific approach to take
> pictures? As a sponsor, not being able to test the software is a
> major drawback.
I have few UVC compatibile webcams at work, so I'm able to test and
troubleshot problems with this package myself. Also I'm going to
support this program for longer, as I'm maintaining infrastructure
with such webcams at work.
> You may try to find a sponsor by looking at maintainers shipping video
> (and webcam) related softwares in Debian. They may be more interested in
> uvccapture and they are more likely to have hardware to test it.
I'm current maintainer of webcam package (and whole xawtv suite), I
have hardware, I just do not have a sponsor. What a pity :-(
[1] http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
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Krzysztof Burghardt <krzysztof@burghardt.pl>
http://www.burghardt.pl/
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