Hi, On 12-03-12 19:20, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
Could you please describe why you're interested in working on getting libnfc into Debian now that we have The Linux NFC Subsystem? I'm willing to bet my money on that the latter is the one who will survive in the long run....
While the Linux NFC subsystem might indeed have the best chances to survive on the long term, I think currently libnfc is in a better state. The NFC subsystem only appeared in Linux 3.1 and still has a long way to go before it equals the functionality of libnfc. I couldn't find equivalents of relatively simple programs like nfc-mfclassic. I also think it's nice to be able to update libnfc independent from your kernel, especially since NFC development (in general) has quite a high pace nowadays.
Besides, there are applications that require libnfc. That is because they either were designed before the NFC subsystem was born, or need to be compatible with other operating systems too. I'd be a shame if we couldn't package those applications for Debian.
Cheers, Oxan