[Kwintv] FreeBSD port...

[steven.hebert at notes.canadair.ca]

>On Monday 05 January 2004 11:38, Dirk Ziegelmeier wrote:
>> On Monday 05 January 2004 16:00, steven.hebert at notes.canadair.ca wrote:
>> > Good day to all,
>> >
>> > I was wondering if someone is already working on a FreeBSD port using
the
>> > "bktr" driver?
>> > If not, I would be willing to take on the task, I have other projects
>> > that I'm current;y working on (News reader as an example).
>> >
>> > I would like to help since KDE on FreeBSD lacks a TV app that I would
>> > enjoy using on a daily basis.
>>
>> Hello Steven,
>>
>> AFAIK noone is working on a FreeBSD video plugin, so you are welcome to
do
>> it!

>  Amazing, I was just going to post to the list to ask if anyone is
interested
>in starting this now that the codebase is stabilizing.  Please go ahead,
>Steven!
>
>   You should only have to implement a video plugin, nothing more.
>QVSrcPlugin is the class that you reimplement.  I suggest to start by
taking
>the v4l plugin, stripping out the V4L specific parts, and replacing them
with
>FreeBSD specific code to create a new plugin.  If you get things working
well
>and need KDE CVS access, please send me a note.  We can check code into
CVS
>for you to get started.

Thanks a lot for the information.
I will start working on it as soon as I get time. Therefore, expect me to
request a little
more information in the next few weeks.

If and when I submit code feel free to do code review on it, before
submiting it to CVS.

Kind regards,
Steven Hebert