Package: thinkfan Version: 0.9.2-1 Severity: wishlist User: p...@hungry.com Usertags: appstream-modalias
Hi. The thinkfan package is one of the packages in the Debian archive that should be proposed for installation when a given hardware device present. Thanks to the appstream system, this can now be announced in a way other tools can use and act on. I've written the isenkram system to ask the current user if hardware specific packages should be installed when a new dongle is installed or already present on a machine, and isenkram now uses appstream as one source for hardware to package mappings. You can read more about this on my blog, <URL: http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Using_appstream_with_isenkram_to_install_hardware_related_packages_in_Debian.html >. Instructions on how to create the metadata XML file can be found in <URL: https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines >. It would be great if you could add an appstream metainfo file to the thinkfan package, with content similar to this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <component> [...] <provides> <modalias>dmi:*:pn*:pvrThinkPad*:rvn*</modalias> </provides> </component> This will suggest it on all thinkpads. I notice from the description that the package will work with any machine providing "the sysfs hwmon interface". Perhaps it is better to match on a kernel module using 'lkmodule:module' instead of the DMI information? If there are other hardware ids or kernel modules also supported by the package, please add those too. :) -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen
