[FFe] sync flashrom_0.9.9~rc1+r1942-1 from Debian unstable

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

flashrom has released 0.9.9-rc1 and intends to release 0.9.9 final shortly after xenial beta freeze (around 2016-02-28).

Currently Ubuntu still ships 0.9.7+r1852-1.1 due to timing constraints of the respective Debian maintainer. However, said release candidate has now been uploaded to Debian unstable and could probably easily synced with Ubuntu.
The current Ubuntu release is missing quite a few critical bugfixes (cf. bug #1404568) and does not build on all Ubuntu supported architectures.
flashrom 0.9.9 compiles and works on all supported architectures apart from s390x (although we plan to add that in the final 0.9.9 release).
Also, the old version is missing support for some very popular hardware devices.

On the other hand we deem regressions very unlikely. The development process of the last 1,5 years was rather slow regarding new features and has focused on improving cross-platform compatibility etc.

For a short overview of what has changed from 0.9.7 to the current version please see the attached NEWS file (NB: upstream tagged 0.9.7 at r1711, 0.9.8 at r1888).

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (hailfinger)]

Unfortunately the official Debian flashrom package won't be updated in time for the automatic import freeze.

[Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)]

Thank you for the request. This would need to become a FFe bug as described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess#FeatureFreeze_Exceptions - if the FFe were to be accepted, the packaging work would be welcome or a sync from Debian if available at the time.

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (hailfinger)]

Thank you for the information.
Debian now has a current flashrom package. I will attach the upstream changelog to this bug report and follow the FFe process.

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (hailfinger)]

This also fixes bug #1404568

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (hailfinger)]

# seeded-in-ubuntu flashrom
flashrom's binaries are not seeded.

# reverse-depends flashrom
No reverse dependencies found

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Seems reasonable to me. FFe granted.

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (hailfinger)]

Thank you!

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

This bug was fixed in the package flashrom - 0.9.9~rc1+r1942-1
Sponsored for Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (c-d-hailfinger-devel-2006)

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flashrom (0.9.9~rc1+r1942-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Acknowledge NMU, thanks Anibal Monsalve Salazar! (Closes: #775428).
  * New upstream release (Closes: #786917).
      + Dediprog SF100 support is now enabled by default (Closes: #639957).
      + debian/patches/20_svn_version.patch: Drop, no longer needed (if the
        tarball is generated via 'make tarball' from svn checkout).
      + debian/patches/mips-fix-internal.patch: Drop, fixed upstream.
  * New build-depends: libusb-1.0-0-dev (in addition to libusb-dev).
  * Updated build-depends: libftdi-dev -> libftdi1-dev (Closes: #810372).

 -- Uwe Hermann <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:34:07 +0100

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger (hailfinger)]

Thank you!