[FFe] sync dfu-util 0.11-1 from Debian unstable (was in DELAYED)

[Tormod Volden]

Due to maintainer MIA the current package 0.9 in Debian testing (and Ubuntu) is 7 years old. I have salvaged the package in Debian, but this has been a long process, and the new 0.11-1 package was sitting in the delayed queue until February 26. Since this barely missed the Feature Freeze I asked up front about an exception for this.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

It is in unstable now:
http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dfu-util/dfu-util_0.11-1.dsc

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It looks like the package firmware-tomu depends on dfu-util. Has it been updated for any changes in df-util? Could you also provide a list of feature changes so we can make a more informed decision about letting this in? Thanks!

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

dfu-util 0.11 is fully backwards-compatible with 0.9 so it shouldn't be a problem with firmware-tomu. Please also note that firmware-tomu doesn't call anything from dfu-util itself, only their user instructions tell the user to run dfu-util manually.

The feature changes since 0.9 (see also ChangeLog for all bug fixes) are
- python3 compatible
- quirks for several devices (including the popular GD32VF103 chips)
- manual pages added
- support large files
- new --devnum option to filter devices
- new --wait option for device discovery
- improved status and error messages

If 0.11 would not be let in, you would do upstream a favour by removing it from your archive. It is better that users find and install 0.11 themselves rather than running into problems with the outdated 0.9.

[Utkarsh Gupta (utkarsh)]

Hello,

Apologies that it couldn't go to 22.04. However, it's present in Kinetic now! \o/

Since this bug is no longer valid (unfortunately :/), I am marking this so. Apologies and thanks for your contribution. It's really appreciated.