hardinfo rebooted as hardinfo2 - community edition - RELEASE 2.0.12

[hwspeedy <hardinfo2@bigbear.dk>]

Hi Simon Quigley, Debian Maintainer, (CC: debian-devel list)

We are proud to suggest new hardinfo2 release 2.0.12 to be included in debian repositories - test on debian 7 - SID(13).

https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2/releases/tag/release-2.0.12

PS: My first release, so please guide me, thanx.

Best Regards

hardinfo2

Søren B. Kristensen
hwspeedy
hardinfo2 Community Maintainer

GitHub - https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2
Project www - https://hardinfo2.org

On 19/02/2024 01:05, hwspeedy wrote:

Hi Simon Quigley, Debian Maintainer,

We are rebooting the very nice app called hardinfo as hardinfo2.
- There is no other app like this one, so it deserves a space.

GitHub - https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2
Project www - https://hardinfo2.org

Reason for name change:
- the domain is used for private stuff
- the hardinfo name is unavailable for community

The package is still called hardinfo to allow for upgrading - but everything else is changed to hardinfo2 for the program name, github name, homepage, etc.

We would like a little help upgrading the app in the Debian, if that is possible.

Please check out this prerelease - if you could provide feedback for the package building system, thanx.

https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2/releases/tag/release-2.0.5pre

In the past every distro released this package with different compiler settings and dependencies and optional apps, resulting in poor user experience.
- So putting the packaging into the project should give a common ground for developers and distro maintainers.
- And due to no release for more than 10 years, a lot of users are also going to the source code in GitHub - a package is a better way of helping them.

Changes:
On the prerelease page is also an overview of changes for hardinfo2 versus hardinfo in Debian.

Status:
The contributions have almost vanished to zero due to no releases  - but we hope to get the community active now with a new Debian and Redhat release.
I am working with lpereira, the original app creater, who is busy, but has agreed to be my backup in case anything happens.
Please include her in all responses, thanx.

We still have some work before a release, but would like your feedback on the build/packaging system, etc.

In advance thanx,

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Best Regards

hardinfo2

Søren B. Kristensen
hwspeedy
hardinfo2 Community Maintainer

GitHub - https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2
Project www - https://hardinfo2.org