Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> writes: > We have received this in Debian. That could be an addition to Autostart > perhaps indeed?
I think we should extend updusbdevs to generate an appstream metadata info file as well. Would be the easiest way to keep IDs in sync. > Samuel > > ----- Forwarded message from Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]> ----- > > From: Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Bug#837640: brltty: Please announce supported hardware using > AppStream > Reply-To: Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:47:22 +0200 > > Hi. > > The brltty package is one of the packages in the Debian archive that > should be proposed for installation when a given hardware dongle is > inserted or available. Thanks to the appstream system, this can now be > announced in a way other tools can use and act on. I've written the > isenkram system to ask the current user if hardware specific packages > should be installed when a new dongle is installed or already present on > a machine, and isenkram now uses appstream as one source for hardware to > package mappings. > > You can read more about this on my blog, > <URL: > http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Using_appstream_with_isenkram_to_install_hardware_related_packages_in_Debian.html > >. > > Instructions on how to create the metadata XML file can be found in > <URL: https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines >. > > It would be great if you could add an appstream metainfo file to the > brltty package, with content similar to this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <component> > [...] > <provides> > <modalias>usb:v0403pF208d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE70d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE71d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE72d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE73d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE74d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE75d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE76d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0403pFE77d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0452p0100d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v045Ep930Ad*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v045Ep930Bd*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v06B0p0001d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0798p0001d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0798p0624d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0798p0640d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0798p0680d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2000d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2001d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2002d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2007d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2008d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2009d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2010d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2011d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2014d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2015d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p2016d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0904p3000d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0921p1200d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0F4Ep0100d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0F4Ep0111d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0F4Ep0112d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v0F4Ep0114d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v10C4pEA60d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v10C4pEA80d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1C71pC005d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0003d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0044d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0054d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0074d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0081d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0082d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0083d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0084d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0086d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p0087d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p008Ad*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v1FE4p008Bd*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:v4242p0001d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1122d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1123d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1124d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1125d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1126d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1127d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1128d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1129d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p112Ad*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p112Bd*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p112Cd*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p112Dd*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p112Ed*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p112Fd*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1130d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1131d*</modalias> > <modalias>usb:vC251p1132d*</modalias> > </provides> > </component> > > If there are other USB ids also supposed by the package, please add > those too. :) -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> .''`. | Get my public key via finger mlang/[email protected] : :' : | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 `. `' `- <URL:http://delysid.org/> <URL:http://www.staff.tugraz.at/mlang/> _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
