Hi. It looks like there hasn't been much traffic on this issue in the last couple of weeks.
My analysis is that the key technical point here is whether it's acceptable to treat unknown devices as possible modems. It sounds like: 1) We don't have a good white list of modems. 2) We don't have an adequate blacklist of modems. Ian argues we never will have an adequate blacklist of modems. It sounds like Aleksander is saying that from Modemmanager's standpoint assuming unknown devices aren't modems would produce an unacceptable user experience. Ian is saying that even if we do everything we can to reduce the false positive rate, treating some non-modems as modems has unacceptable consequences. Have I got that right? In going forward, I think it is important to consider that Modemmanager's needs and Debian's needs may be different here. In the case of Modemmanager as an upstream project, it may be desirable to give the best experience for users who do have modems. However, for Debian and for the Technical committee, we need to consider what experience we want to give all our users and as a result value damage caused by false positives more highly than the upstream project might. --Sam