Bug#431570: O: usbmgr -- user-mode daemon which loads/unloads USB kernel modules

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 09:53:31AM -0500, Rudy Godoy Guillén wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
> 
> I intend to orphan the usbmgr package, since it lacks of upstream development
> and better options exists. 
> I also intend to request for removal in a couple of weeks if no other still wants 
> to take care of it.
> 
> The package description is:
>  When USB devices connect into or disconnect from a USB hub,
>  the usbmgr works as follows, according to configuration:
>  .
>    a) Load and unload Linux kernel modules.
>    b) Execute scripts to setup USB devices.
>  .
>  usbmgr is available under linux kernels having "/proc/bus/usb" and it is
>  suitable for specific needs regarding USB devices.
>  .
>  This software was made for 2.4 kernels when USB support was inmature,
>  for wider and modern support of plugable devices you may want to use
>  hotplug by installing the udev package.

This should rather be removed directly, it's completely obsolete with Etch
and above.

Cheers,
        Moritz