Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:54:32 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> To: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de>, Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>, Bernhard Froehlich <decke@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: multimedia/webcamd future Message-ID: <20240419215432.da6bdb9bed315be22f0cdbce@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <3c2a971e-84b3-4192-8b54-b583f4db325a@gwdg.de> References: <CAFDf7UJpwvjUDYQ6zrKtY1jkQyt35FtOXc2_%2B2RobZ4ivKnT6Q@mail.gmail.com> <18ef0fd2a48.b068b4c91109390.4520020575811408776@FreeBSD.org> <CAFDf7UJ2abAhrX8Er0_brVc1xu=J=K3=frdzy1ZpvCw%2BpY_MzQ@mail.gmail.com> <20240419065627.ba8faa4692444797b16dd3df@dec.sakura.ne.jp> <3c2a971e-84b3-4192-8b54-b583f4db325a@gwdg.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:36:12 +0200 Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de> wrote: > Am 18.04.24 um 23:56 schrieb Tomoaki AOKI: > > Tracking logs of multimedia/webcamd, it was originally submitted by > > hselasky@ [1], and the upstream was always his repo. > > > > After he passed away, we lost not only the maintainer, but also > > the upstream, too. > > Hans Petters repo is still present until now: > https://github.com/hselasky/webcamd Yes, upstream "repo" is still accessible. But it's just "a part of the project". The problem is that: *Can anyone push update to the repo (or commit pull requests from someone)? *Can anyone grant commit bits for someone newly popping in? *Most importantly, who keep on developing/maintaining for new devices and/or chase changes on FreeBSD base side? The first 2 are about managements of the repo. The essential part is the last one. I call it as "upstream". And as a repo, because Hans Petter has already passed away, github could, possibly, BAN the repo in the future. This suspition is why I think one of existing 9 or newly created exactly one repo needs to become the new upstream repo as "the" successor. > > Maybe the best way would be forking from current master site and keep > > on doing what Hans Petter did for updating. > > Unfortunately, I'm not the one who is possible to do so. > > > > [1] > > https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/multimedia/webcamd?id=69f1e54d3f7fc62718bda0291922cddf8eb28a83 > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:40:59 +0100 > > Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I've found some PRs about it: > >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=webcamd&list_id=685477 > >> > >> And I'm looking for a well maintained port since I will need to use web > >> conferencing soon. > >> > >> I will install it this weekend and see how it goes. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Bernhard Froehlich <decke@freebsd.org> escreveu (quinta, 18/04/2024 à(s) > >> 12:35): > >> > >>> ---- On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:24:52 +0200 *Nuno Teixeira > >>> <eduardo@freebsd.org <eduardo@freebsd.org>>* wrote --- > >>> > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >>> multimedia/webcamd port and upstream is unmaintained and I'm looking for > >>> similar programs but at same time worried about the future of webcamd. > >>> > >>> Any help on this matter? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yeah the situation is really sad but nonetheless webcamd is working fine > >>> even with the > >>> DVB-S2 tuners I have. We probably need to update it to a newer kernel in > >>> the future but > >>> the v4l stuff in the linux kernel is quite mature and does not change that > >>> fast. > >>> > >>> Do you have any specific problem with webcamd you are facing? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Bernhard Froehlich > >>> https://www.bluelife.at/ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Nuno Teixeira > >> FreeBSD Committer (ports) -- Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20240419215432.da6bdb9bed315be22f0cdbce>