'Twas brillig, and David W. Hodgins at 03/06/12 23:20 did gyre and gimble: > On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:45:52 -0400, Colin Guthrie > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> In order to fix https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4853 we would >> need a newer usb_modeswitch (and it's -data supplement). > > As it's an update for a bugfix, where a patch is not suitable, I see > no problem pushing it as an update.
Well in fairness I think it would be possible to patch it for this particular device. I just think that's a bit of a short-sighted view of the problem generally, hence why I figured it would be best to canvas opinions. Col -- Colin Guthrie colin(at)mageia.org http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited http://www.tribalogic.net/ Open Source: Mageia Contributor http://www.mageia.org/ PulseAudio Hacker http://www.pulseaudio.org/ Trac Hacker http://trac.edgewall.org/
