possibility of tv_grab_au

Hi XMLTV devel,

I am new to XMLTV, so I apologize in advance if I am unaware of any 
requisite background.

I am in Australia, currently I and many others use an XMLTV based 
grabber called shepherd for our xmltv guide needs (there appears to be 
no tv_grab_au in XMLTV at this time). To a large extent, all our 
developers have moved on, so the shepherd project is a little unloved at 
the moment and our grabbers are starting to show their age. However 
there are still some interested people and we are discussing what to do 
going forward.

Should we be looking to / is it possible / is it a good idea to move our 
project over to XMLTV in some way? Would there be benefits for us? Would 
there be benefits for you? Would we be welcome? At this stage I am just 
information gathering so that I understand what options are available to 
us. I presume that we would need to make changes to our code for 
compliance - and I presume that we would be responsible for that. To be 
honest there may be quite a body of work as the shepherd structure may 
be quite different. However is there support within XMLTV-devel to give 
advice if needed?

Just hoping to open the lines of communication and gain a broader 
understanding of the XMLTV landscape. If you have any advice for me it 
would be appreciated.

Mark.

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