[update request] XAWTV new Version 3.102 available [precise]

[Flames_in_Paradise]

A new version 3.102 is available since 2011-09-05:

Would be very nice to have quite a considerable no. of changes/fixes incorpororated into the Precise!

Xawtv updated to version 3.100.
Xawtv3 remained without updates for a long time. So, distros were adding bug fix patches on their packages. Also, some tools used to support just V4L1 API.

A series of patches were added, incorporating the bugfixes found on the distros and converting it to use V4L2 API.

After a long time without updates, keeping on version 3.95 since April 2010, Several bugs were discovered and fixed on distros. However, as the package were not maintained anymore, those fixes never reached upstream.

I and Dmitry Butskoy (Fedora maintainer for xawtv) did an effort to port the patches we found on some distros and port them into Xawtv3. So, version 3.100 should have less bugs than version 3.95.

Another series of patches were added, converting it to use V4L2 API only, as V4L1 API was deprecated and removed from upstream on kernel 2.6.38.

Enjoy!
Mauro Carvalho Chehab

from: http://linuxtv.org/news.php?entry=2011-03-02.mchehab

from changes file:

3.102
=====

* Improve alsa latency handler and document the -alsa-latency parameter
* Improve alsa handling, fixing a cut and past error that causes
  breakages with some cards
* Improve audio parameters detection
* fix build with ld --as-needed --no-copy-dt-needed

3.101
=====

* Man fix to remove mention of v4l1, and describe libv4l instead
* Fixes at fr/es manuals
* Warning fixes
* Addition of alsa streaming at xawtv: now, for devices with video
  associated with audio inputs.
* Use X11 editres, instead of its on version, based on a port from
  a motif library released under a licence that is not GPL compatible
* Add auto-detection logic for xawtv: by default, it will now seek for
  the first TV device. If not available, fall back to the first grabber
  device.
* Add auto-detection logic for scanv: by default, it will now seek for
  the first TV device. If not available, fails.
* Add optional support for libexplain at the v4l2/libv4l driver.
  Libexplain provides a more complete explanation for the error codes,
  helping developers to better track what's happened.
* Don't expose tuner commands, on devices that are grabber or webcams
  at xawtv.

3.100
=====

* Update to the latest version of videodev2.h (kernel 2.6.38)
* console/v4l-info: Fix control detection

3.99.rc6
========

* Check the return value properly in debug print as well
* fbtools: close file properly
* use "dev/vbi0" instead of "dev/vbi" etc
* MoTV: avoid some warnings when "motv" starts
* Use modern fonts for MoTV and mtt
* motif locale patch: use UTF-8 for charsets
* Whitespace cleanups
* Add an option on apps to select between libv4l and v4l2 driver
* Add other XV attributes found on bttv + nv driver
* Fix a small bug at the V4L2_CID_USER_BASE get ctrl logic
* v4l-conf.c: Don't abend if VT_GETSTATE is not supported
* v4l-info: Add support for V4L2_CID_USER_BASE
* Check the return value for XF86DGAGetVideoLL()
* Remove the remaining requirements for libFS
* Remove a Fedora-specific comment
* Fix xawtv DGA mode

3.99.rc5
========

* Re-add locale to xawtv/motv/mtt
* Print plugin info only when debug
* avoid usage of "bool"
* Change some obsoleted headers pathes
* Remove dead code

3.99.rc4
========

* Don't mix install-sh scripts
* motv/mtt: Disable locale setting, as this cause failure
* x11/xawtv: Disable locale setting, as this cause failure
* Remove the legacy xfs connection for FB

3.99.rc3
========

* Auto-detect libquicktime include directory
* Add detection for glib2
* Fix a memory leak at drv0-v4l2
* Auto-detect KFreeBSD variant
* vbi-conf.8 reports that it still in man1 section instead of man8
* Improve xft library detection

3.99.rc2
========

* Add a libv4l driver, using it as default
* Now, it displays the optional features that are configured at ./configure
* Use fonts found on modern (Xorg) setups

3.99.rc1
========
* Fixed radio backport to V4L2
* es,fr manpages are now in UTF-8
* Auto-detect Xorg default place for apps
* Remove the old obsolete V4L2 driver

3.98
====
* Re-added v4l-info/v4l-conf, just removing V4L1 bits
* Some fixes, backported from Fedora tree

3.97
====
* Fixed a compilation error
* Ported a few applications to V4L2
* Removed V4L1 support

3.96
====
 * misc minor fixes collected at Fedora 12.
 * Fix requirement of /dev/vbi instead of /dev/vbi0 on scantv.
 * Fix compilation with Xorg and remove the --x_libraries parameter from
   the configure script (as, on Xorg, X11 libraries are at /usr/lib).
 * Now, providing that all build dependencies are satisfied, just typing
   make after the download is enough to generate/run configure and build
   the tools.

Current Version in Ubuntu is 3.95.dfsg.1-8.1ubuntu5

Further Information: http://linuxtv.org/

Source: http://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xawtv - 3.102-3

---------------
xawtv (3.102-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Missing dollar sign in xawtv postinst script. (Closes: #657935)

 -- Maximiliano Curia <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:02:51 -0300

xawtv (3.102-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix kfreebsd-i386 build (Closes: #654736)
  * [mtt_only_in_linux] mtt is linux dependent (uses linux/fb.h).
  * [fbtv_manpage_typo] upstream patch, manpage typo fix.

 -- Maximiliano Curia <email address hidden> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:11:05 -0300

xawtv (3.102-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add myself as uploader.
  * Add changelog missing entries.
  * Fix postinst script so it continues even if scantv can't create the
    configuration file, which is the behaviour it had before the usage of the
    -e shell option. (Closes: #656570, #657182)
  * Change default for scantv, so it doesn't search for channels in
    installation time.
  * Fix dependencies architecture information. kfreebsd-i386 build should work
    if #656947 gets fixed.

 -- Maximiliano Curia <email address hidden> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:02:02 -0300

xawtv (3.102-0.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * New upstream release (Closes: #650849) (Closes: #627435) (Closes: #299460)
    (Closes: #654302) (Closes: #634984) (Closes: #639500) (Closes: #638440)
    (Closes: #638439) (Closes: #513818) (Closes: #644761) (Closes: #584090)
    (Closes: #454186) (Closes: #444449) (Closes: #390312) (Closes: #366144)
    (Closes: #200248) (Closes: #636909) (Closes: #643652) (Closes: #227590)
  * Migration to debian format 3.0 (quilt)
  * Remove all patches, upstream have already applied them.
  * [remove_dl_motif] upstream patch imported from git, removes dl option to
    motif libraries.
  * [fix_libjpeg_segfault] upstream patch imported from git, fixes libjpeg8
    segfaults
  * Fix typographic errors in package descrition (Closes: #639248),
    thanks to Simon Kainz <email address hidden> for the fix.
  * Update xawtv menu (Closes: #564229)
  * Update dependencies (Closes: #633387) (Closes: #578974)
  * Updated Standards-Version to 3.9.2 (No changes).

 -- Maximiliano Curia <email address hidden> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:53:21 -0300

xawtv (3.95.dfsg.1-8.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Touch configure between patch and build rules so make doesn't decide to
    run autoconf (closes: #617710).

 -- Julien Cristau <email address hidden> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:10:46 +0100

xawtv (3.95.dfsg.1-8.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Fix FTBFS with binutils-fold (Closes: #556689);
    patch from Felix Geyer.
  * Replace x-dev with x11proto-core-dev in the Build-Depends field;
    report and patch come from Julien Cristau (Closes:# 515517).
  * Also rebuild with newest libquicktime in sid.

 -- Alessio Treglia <email address hidden> Thu, 26 May 2011 12:05:53 +0200