Re: CVS commit: src/share/man/man4

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 01:31:50PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 05:58:02AM +0000, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       jruoho
> > Date:               Tue Aug 30 05:58:02 UTC 2011
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/share/man/man4: bktr.4
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Note that bktr(4) is not part of the dtv(4) infrastructure.
> > 
> > XXX: This driver should be converted (or even bluntly removed, given the
> >      lack of general third-party software support).
> 
> It is supported by "pkgsrc/multimedia/fxtv" which the last time I had
> an analog TV feed worked well enough to watch TV.

Yes, I know there may be few, largely "irrelevant" (old, non-maintained?),
programs that may work with it. But the major ones in this field -- be it
mplayer, MythTV, VDR, Kaffeine, VLC, Totem, you name it -- won't work.

The open source scene in this field has made some big leaps. That's why we
have dtv(4) and FreeBSD has "Cuse4BSD". Old BSD-specific solutions have no
future.

- Jukka.