No, it should not be blindly synced to the archive; we've ported it to C for a good reason being in the boot sequence; having an impact from loading a Tcl interpreter for just one tcl script...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to usb-modeswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280546 Title: [FFe] sync current version of usb-modeswitch 2.1.0+repack0-1 from Debian testing (Trusty has 2 years old version) Status in “usb-modeswitch” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The usb-modeswitch package that we have currently in Ubuntu 14.04 is totally outdated - ver 1.2.3 is 2 years ago (not updated since 12.10 !!!). 7 releases have been pushed since then and added new features and bugfixes. I therefore ask to sync 2.1.0 from Debian testing or sid - there are no bugs reported against usb-modeswitch in Debian and there is lots of bugs in current Ubuntu package :( I suggest simply sync package from Debian and drop all Ubuntu-specific patches, because usb-modeswitch has build-deps only on jimsh and libjim-dev from jimtcl source in universe. I think it's easier to include jimtcl package (written in plain C) to main archive instead of maintaining own implementation of usb_modeswitch_dispatcher. Also new usb-modeswitch 2.x has upstart and systemd integration! Here is debian/changelog since current Ubuntu release: usb-modeswitch (2.1.0+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New 2.1.0 upstream release - -I flag meaning reversed, default is to skip SCSI inquiry * Repack the upstream tarball: - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. * Bump usb-modeswitch-data depends to 20140129 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5 without changes needed * Add get-orig-source target to do the automatic repacking -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:58:03 +0100 usb-modeswitch (2.0.1+repack0-2) unstable; urgency=low * Update the systemd patch to change the systemctl path to fit Debian's (Closes: #725394) - thanks to Ralf Jung -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:57:27 +0200 usb-modeswitch (2.0.1+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=low * New 2.0.1 upstream release - Switched to libusb1.0 - Major code and debug output cleanup - Man page corrections and additions - Experimental systemd and upstart integration * Repack the upstream tarball: - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. * Refresh patches for 2.0.1 * Update Build-Depends to add libusb-1.0-0-dev and pkg-config * Incorporate support for upstart and systemd - patch the dispatcher to correctly check if upstart or systemd are running - install the upstart init file and the systemd service file -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:53:11 +0200 usb-modeswitch (1.2.6+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=low * New 1.2.6 upstream release - Several changes to streamline compiling as part of larger projects, mostly in Makefile; - fix compiler warnings appearing in certain build environments; - new Quanta procedure for Quanta 1K3 LTE; - fix for error with cascaded hubs in dispatcher script. * Repack the upstream tarball: - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. * Replace 04_cope_with_repack patch by one to to use the package-provided jimsh and libjim. * Bump usb-modeswitch-data depends to 20130607. -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:07:17 +0200 usb-modeswitch (1.2.5+repack0-2) unstable; urgency=low * Upload to unstable. -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Mon, 06 May 2013 17:36:17 +0200 usb-modeswitch (1.2.5+repack0-1) experimental; urgency=low * New 1.2.5 upstream release - Initial support for MBIM devices, use with data package >= 20121109; - checking for these is the automatic default, new parameter NoMBIMCheck prevents the check per device in case of problems; new global option to set "delay_use" of usb-storage (as low values may prevent mode-switching); - fix for handling multi-configuration devices (thanks to Bjørn Mork for advice). * Repack the upstream tarball: - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. * Bump usb-modeswitch-data depends to 20121109. * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 and debhelper B-D to 9 without changes needed. -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:45:07 +0100 usb-modeswitch (1.2.4+repack0-1) experimental; urgency=low * New 1.2.4 upstream release - Additional interface checks to prevent sending UFI commands to non-storage interfaces (prompted by more ambiguous device IDs popping up); - Change in SierraMode for handling newer devices which caused an error abort before; - Makefile fix for parallelized make runs. * Repack the upstream tarball: - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. * Drop patch to disable logging as was (temporarily) enabled in 1.2.3. * Refresh patches. -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:13:00 +0200 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch/+bug/1280546/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
