Please sync hidapi from debian unstable

[Scott Talbert]

Please sync hidapi package (a new package) from debian unstable. It would be very helpful to get it included in Trusty.

URL: http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/hidapi.html
License: GPL-3, BSD, or HIDAPI
Notes: This package will be needed for the next version of concordance/libconcord, for example.

[John Kim (kotux)]

Hi Scott, are you making a packaging request? Trusty cycle's passed (unless you can come up with a loophole), so we will need to wait for the next one.

[Scott Talbert (swt-techie)]

Not a packaging request, but a sync request. Package just needs to be imported from Debian. I'm aware that it is after the Debian Import Freeze, that's why I filed a bug (otherwise it would get imported automatically).

[John Kim (kotux)]

Hi Scott, could you update your description to include the following?

URL: <homepage_url>
License: <license>
Notes: <anything that developers should know about the application>

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

Scott, please state in the description why this sync is necessary (as you described in your email to me), and then subscribe ~ubuntu-release so that they can consider making an exception. Bear in mind that we're in Feature Freeze [1], so this might not go through (along with the new version of concordance for which this sync is necessary).

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze

[Scott Talbert (swt-techie)]

Subscribing ubuntu-release for consideration of an exception after Import Freeze. This request is for a new package sync of an isolated library from Debian. The package builds fine without modification on Trusty [1]. The package will be needed for the next version of the concordance package.

Thanks for considering.

[1] https://launchpad.net/~swt-techie/+archive/hidapi-test/+packages

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Ack. Approved. I'll do the sync in a moment.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

This bug was fixed in the package hidapi - 0.8.0~rc1+git20140201.3a66d4e+dfsg-2
Sponsored for Scott Talbert (swt-techie)

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hidapi (0.8.0~rc1+git20140201.3a66d4e+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Update copyright date on debian/* files.
  * Include link to bug report for patch.
  * Include HIDAPI license text as a comment in copyright file.

 -- Scott Talbert <email address hidden> Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:09:37 -0500

hidapi (0.8.0~rc1+git20140201.3a66d4e+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Incorporate patch from Klee Dienes (bump version number to match latest
    GitHub tag, include dfsg in version due to removing non-free files, bump
    standards version, add Files-Excluded listing to copyright file, add
    --parallel to dh command in rules, add watch file).
  * Update license for debian/* to HIDAPI.
  * Add patch to link libhidapi-libusb with pthreads.
  * Added symbols files.
  * Cleanup copyright file to clear lintian warnings.
  * Remove kFreeBSD support for now.

 -- Scott Talbert <email address hidden> Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:22:26 -0500

hidapi (0.7.0+git20140201.3a66d4e-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Upgrade to latest upstream version (3a66d4e).
  * Removed special FreeBSD package; FreeBSD now uses libusb package.
  * Clarify/update copyright information (thanks Klee Dienes for patch).
  * Add a get-orig-source to rules which downloads from GitHub, removes
    non-free files, and repacks.

 -- Scott Talbert <email address hidden> Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:55:58 -0500

hidapi (0.7.0+git20130909.a88c724-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial release (Closes: #724568)

 -- Scott Talbert <email address hidden> Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:46:00 -0400