On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 09:57:05PM +0400, Alex Sklemin wrote:
Several years ago, I encountered an issue with the lack of drivers for a COM mouse. While this may not be a common problem today, it was a critical need in my case. Additionally, during my time as a system administrator in Russian hospitals, I worked with limited IT infrastructure, where computers from 2007–2013 were still in regular use. A driver like this could be useful for others in similar situations.I have developed a driver, which is available here: https://github.com/alexeysklemin/mouse_driver/tree/main
I wouldn't call this a driver, this seems to be a userspace executable that reads the data that a mouse (of some specific hardware variety, apparently?) sends, parses them and prints them to stdout.
I would like to inquire about the possibility of contributing this driver to the community. I have carefully reviewed the Social Contract and believe my code aligns with its principles. If it does not meet the requirements for official inclusion, I would appreciate guidance on how to distribute this driver effectively to Debian users.
Assuming this can be actually useful to some Debian users, and you want to make and maintain a package in Debian yourself, you can follow https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/ , but this software won't find a sponsor in the current state, e.g. because no prospective user will know what to do with it.
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