Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.0.5-1 of my package "usb- modeswitch" - mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices. The upload would fix these bugs: 527122, 535445. By the way, the package has seen big updates both upstream and Debian side. It fixes the functionality overlay between udev's modemswitch and usb-modeswitch by the way of an "opt-in". The Debian.NEWS for this update is attached. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch/usb- modeswitch_1.0.5-1.dsc The only lintian error is due to the switch to 3.0 (quilt) and is a bug pending upload in lintian (#552707). I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Best regards, OdyX -- Didier Raboud, proud Debian user. CH-1020 Renens didier@raboud.com
usb-modeswitch (1.0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low UPSTREAM: Version 1.0.5 introduces two major changes. * The devices configuration is split: - /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf is dropped in favor of files in /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/ - This means that the customisation or new devices that were defined in /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf will be _LOST_. + Normally, there no need anymore to play with comments and such to only get the correct devices switched. * The detection of devices is greatly improved: - /etc/udev/rules.d/usb_modeswitch.rules (Debian-specific) is dropped in favor of /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb_modeswitch.rules (from upstream). These rules call /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/usb_modeswitch.{sh,tcl} to handle the automagical detection and switching of the devices. - This means that any device selection done by comment-tweak in the Debian-specific .rules file will be lost. + But it is normally replaced by a superior and more universal device detection. Finally, if you had modified /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf to insert home-brewn tweaks, you will need to migrate these tweaks to /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/* files. But if you had only selected alternative devices in /etc/udev/usb_modeswitch.rules, you should normally have nothing to do, as these alternatives should now be detected (read below). DEBIAN: Version 1.0.5-1 now makes the rules "opt-in" * udev (from version 146-1) now ships a modem-modeswitch program that does what usb-modeswitch used to do. To ensure that the transition to this udev facility is smooth for everyone, the usb-modeswitch program is kept, but with an opt-in /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb_modeswitch.rules. * Thus if modem-modeswitch from udev (>= 146-1) works for your device, you can uninstall usb-modeswitch. * A contrario, if modem-modeswitch doesn't switch your device, please file a bug against udev and edit /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb_modeswitch.rules to enable it. -- Didier Raboud <didier@raboud.com> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:02:40 +0100
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