[dvblast-devel] DVBlast 1.2 ?

[Marian Ďurkovič]

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:03:09 +0100, Christophe Massiot wrote
> >Hi Christophe,
> >
> >   yes, making a release would make sense given the IPv6 support etc.
> >However, we do need to look at the problem with CAM polling - recently
> >we've done some tests with PowerCAM PRO (PCAM v4.3) and it turns out
> >that the time taken by this CAM to respond to periodic "pings" is
> >as high as 100 msec (and the whole dvblast is blocked for this time
> >5 times per second). Thus we'd need to look for solution which you
> >already described, i.e. to rework the whole state machine to avoid
> >the second poll() in TPDURecv and TPDUSend.
> 
> Well this feature is definitely a must have, but it takes time (and 
> testing), and we need a new release quickly otherwise we won't be in 
> the next Debian stable, so I propose postponing it to 1.3.

OK, let's release 1.2 to get into Debian, but I'd propose to consider CAM
polling fix a must have for 1.3. EN50221 says CAM is allowed to take as much as
300 msec to respond and we should definitely avoid blocking whole dvblast for
such extensive time periods. 

   With kind regards,

        M.