Re: Bug#613610: xburst-tools: contains precompiled binaries in debian/

[Xiangfu Liu <xiangfu@openmobilefree.net>]

It is an old project. but this tools can be used on any xburst cpu. but if Ingenic discontinues the cpu. that is becoming not very important.

Best Regards

- Xiangfu

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:

On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 10:41 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> So the link has disappeared. What is the status of xburst-tools in
> Debian ? Do we really want that package in Debian ?

It is only needed for the Ben NanoNote, which is no longer shipping.
It looks like Ingenic are no longer actively producing XBurst CPUs.

http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ben_NanoNote
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Xburst-tools
http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/xburst-tools/
http://www.ingenic.com/en/?xburst.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenic_Semiconductor
http://www.ingenic.com/en/

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bye,
pabs

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