Bug#1066951: RM: a56 -- ROM; rc buggy and dead upstream

2024-03-16 Thread Bastian Germann

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:18:30 + (UTC) Thorsten Alteholz  
wrote:

When trying to fix #1066195, the corresponding patch grew more and more.

I no longer wonder why C got such a bad reputation when this was valid 
code 30 years ago. From my point of view this code needs an entire rework.


As I long time ago stopped working with DSPs, I don't want to do this 
rework by myself. If nobody takes up the baton, I think it is better to 
remove this package from Debian. As the software fails to compile now, 
orphaning the package does not seem to be appropriate.


Please do not remove the package as it is needed to fix #890601.
Fixing #890601 by removing the firmware blobs that are currently
not built from source would be fine for me as well.

I will take a look at #1066195 when time allows.

Thanks!



Bug#1066951: RM: a56 -- ROM; rc buggy and dead upstream

2024-03-15 Thread Thorsten Alteholz

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

When trying to fix #1066195, the corresponding patch grew more and more.

I no longer wonder why C got such a bad reputation when this was valid 
code 30 years ago. From my point of view this code needs an entire rework.


As I long time ago stopped working with DSPs, I don't want to do this 
rework by myself. If nobody takes up the baton, I think it is better to 
remove this package from Debian. As the software fails to compile now, 
orphaning the package does not seem to be appropriate.


  Thorsten