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From: Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:44:19
Message-Id: 4C3E59C9.7030203@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio by Paul Arthur
1 On 07/14/2010 05:27 PM, Paul Arthur wrote:
2 > On 2010-07-14, William Hubbs<williamh@g.o> wrote:
3 >
4 >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:48:25PM +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0500 William Hubbs
7 >>> <williamh@g.o> wrote: =20
8 >>>
9 >>>> All, =20 I have recently noticed that our amateur radio
10 >>>> applications are in the category media-radio. =20 Amateur Radio
11 >>>> is not considered part of the media, so I would like to propose
12 >>>> renaming this category to app-hamradio, or possibly moving the
13 >>>> amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if there are things in
14 >>>> media-radio which are not amateur radio related. =20
15 >>>
16 >>> I like the idea very much. But I am an radio amateur and therefore
17 >>> I am a little bit biased :). I was always confused to find them in
18 >>> media-radio. If we do the move please count on me.
19 >>
20 >> I am an amateur radio operator as well, and that is why putting the
21 >> ham radio apps in"media-radio" bothers me. Ham radio is not part
22 >> of the media.
23 >
24 > But it is a medium. media-* has nothing to do with "the media"; I
25 > really don't see any point to this proposed change..
26 >
27
28 I say go for it. media-radio should be for V4L2 apps, mostly, that use
29 it. The remaining two can either go into media-tv or app-misc or some
30 other fitting category.
31
32 Steve

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio Chip Parker <infowolfe@×××××.com>