Bug#831642: RFS: b43-fwcutter/1:019-3

[Andrew Shadura]

Hi,

On 18 July 2016 at 06:55, Paul Wise  wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote:
>
>> Note: This is a small revision because I don't have the hardware
>> appropriate to test the new patches :(

While I don't have access to b43 hardware right now, I can gain such
access (both of my laptops with b43 hardware are now in possession of
my parents), so in theory I could do some testing if needed. No timing
guarantees though.

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrew

Bug#831642: RFS: b43-fwcutter/1:019-3

[Paul Wise]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote:

> Note: This is a small revision because I don't have the hardware
> appropriate to test the new patches :(

There are a couple of options for this:

Add your hardware wishlist to the wiki:

https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware/Wanted#Add_your_hardware_wishlist

Talk to the DPL about spending Debian money on this and register the
result on the wiki:

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL#Money
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DSA/non-DSA-HW

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pabs

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Bug#831642: RFS: b43-fwcutter/1:019-3

[Daniel Echeverry]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "b43-fwcutter"

* Package name: b43-fwcutter
* Version : 1:019-3
* Upstream Author : Martin Langer
 * URL : http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
 * License : BSD-2-Clause
   Section : utils

  It builds those binary packages:

 b43-fwcutter - utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
 firmware-b43-installer - firmware installer for the b43 driver
 firmware-b43legacy-installer - firmware installer for the b43legacy driver

  To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

  https://mentors.debian.net/package/b43-fwcutter

  Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

dget -x 
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter_019-3.dsc

  More information about hello can be obtained from
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

  Changes since the last upload:

  debian/rules
+ Fix FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A. (Closes: #820604)
  + Thanks to Santiago Vila for the patch.
+ Export security flags.
  * debian/patches
+ Add fix_readme.diff patch.
  + Update url in readme file. (Closes: #781601)
+ Thanks to Jean-Michel Nirgal Vourgère for the patch.
  * debian/po
+ Add Dutch translation. (Closes: #767484)
  * debian/control
+ Bump Standards-Version 3.9.8 (no changes)
+ Use HTTPS in Vcs-* fields.

Note: This is a small revision because I don't have the hardware
appropriate to test the new patches :(

Regards,
Daniel Echeverry


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