Bug#559915: RFP: mantis-driver -- Kernel module for several DVB cards

[Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : mantis-driver
* URL             : http://jusst.de/hg/v4l-dvb or http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Kernel module for several DVB cards

The Mantis driver is used for a large number of Digital Video Broadcasting cards. There appear to be two competing forked projects writing these drivers, one by Manu Abraham (which I think is the original), and one by Igor M. Liplianin. I currently run the former, while the latter has been recommended to me recently. Both appear to be in active development. I make no attempt to recommend one of the other, in fact, it seems very hard to judge which is the best. I have also been told that it is unlikely that these drivers will go into the mainline kernels any time soon. 

In spite of these difficulties, the driver is important for DVB-support in Debian, and so I hope someone better qualified than me can take a look and choose one for packaging.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)