Comment 27 for bug 30910

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daverpr (daverpr-bellsouth) wrote : Re: [Bug 30910] Re: Hardware Database not browseable

Tried to get me name off hwdb-client list years ago with no luck. Sorry
have nothing to do with Ubuntu.

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From: "Tero Karvinen" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:21 AM
Subject: [Bug 30910] Re: Hardware Database not browseable

Dave: so how can I view the whole hardware database then?

We still don't know who owns the data. We still can't browse the data.
Names and URLs change, but the problem is still the same as it was years
ago, in 2006.

Many see this bug as a problem: this bug has over 20 subscribers and two
duplicates.

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Hardware Database not browseable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30910
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Status in Checkbox System Testing: New
Status in “hwdb-client” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “hwtest” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Cannot browse hardware database. Only very generic data without any
details is available on http://C.ubuntu.com/ .

Hardware database ids are sometimes refered to in Ubuntu bugs, but I
could not find any way to see the actual records. Collecting the data is
not very usefull if it is not accessible. Who owns the data now, are
they property of some company?

Hardware database related pages in Ubuntu wiki have not been modified
for a while
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDownUnder/BOFs/HardwareDatabaseRoadmap?highlight=%28HardwareDatabase%29
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareDatabase?highlight=%28HardwareDatabase%29