A couple of low hanging fruit that people could help with; Hardware related; * Packaging xc3sprog at http://xc3sprog.sourceforge.net/ * Updating the package for urjtag at https://packages.debian.org/jessie/urjtag
Video tools related to dvswitch; * Updating packaging of gst-plugins-dvswitch - https://github.com/timvideos/gst-plugins-dvswitch * Packaging of dvsource-v4l2-other - https://github.com/timvideos/dvsource-v4l2-other Slightly harder; * Packaging slidelint (python based tool) - https://github.com/timvideos/slidelint I'm happy to help explain any issues or help fix problems you come across. Tim 'mithro' Ansell On 19 August 2015 at 14:31, Tim Ansell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 August 2015 at 20:25, Geert Stappers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 04:50:14PM +0200, Tim Ansell wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I was wondering if anyone had the time to help me figure out the correct >> > way to package my TimVideos project components to get included in >> Debian? A >> > list of things we are trying to package can be found at >> > https://github.com/timvideos/streaming-system/wiki/Debian-Packaging. >> >> Nice documentation. (Yes, that is a compliment :-) >> > > I've been pointing debian developers at it for a while and most run away > screaming I think :) > > >> > I've never been very good at doing packaging myself and quite a few of >> the >> > projects have complicated dependencies that I don't really know how to >> deal >> > with. >> > >> > For example, >> > * The fpgalink tool has a custom tool chain and needs to cross compile >> > firmware for the 8051. >> > * One project needs a gcc compiled with support for the lm32 processor. >> >> Mmm, that sounds like a firmware package. I haven't done such thing >> before, >> but this would be my approach: a package architecture 'all' with the blob >> and in the Debian README the build instructions, the source in /usr/share >> > > For the HDMI2USB there are two problems to be solved; > > * Packages for end users who "just want to use the device". > * Packages to support developers of the firmware. > > From what I can see, there are a couple of options for "end user packages" > seem to be; > > * Just package the prebuilt firmware (plus udev rules and stuff) into a > debian package with instructions on where to get the source. This would be > similar to how other binary blobs are supported like firmware-iwlwifi. > * Create a source package which actually builds the firmware. This I have > NFI how to do and a lot of the dependencies don't seem to be packaged > either. Fixing the packages to support developers of the firmware would > actually make this type of packaging easier. > > We'd also like packages which mean it is easier to set up the developer > environment (We have a shell script which builds the setup environment on a > Ubuntu system at > https://github.com/timvideos/HDMI2USB-misoc-firmware/blob/master/scripts/get-env.sh > ). For example; > > * As far as I can see, a binutils / gcc with lm32 and or1k support isn't > in Debian, so we end up compiling them from source. Do you know if it is > possible to get this into Debian? > * Packaging libfpgalink is complicated by the fact the developer uses a > custom build system. > * Packaging misoc + migen should be pretty easy as they are mostly just > python packages. The only problem is that they move forward pretty quickly > and don't really do releases. > > Lastly, is there an equivalent of a "Ubuntu PPA" for Debian where we can > experiment with packages before getting them into "Debian proper"? > > > * How to deal with our port of flumotion to gstreamer 1.0 when upstream >> is >> > "dead". >> > Thanks for your help! >> >> Thank you for the hdmi2usb project. >> > > We definitely need contributors! Even if you don't know hardware there is > plenty of things we need help getting done, from documentation, to setup > scripts, to writing news posts and PR, to just even using the devices. > > Tim 'mithro' Ansell > PS If you haven't seen, you can now sign up to be notified when the Numato > Opsis, the first open hardware for the HDMI2USB project is available for > purchase. http://bit.ly/get-opsis > >
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