Re: building both monolithic command line program and shared library from single source package, ddcutil

2020-01-28 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
On 1/28/20 8:00 PM, Paul Wise wrote: On Tue, 2020-01-28 at 16:00 -0500, Sanford Rockowitz wrote: GProbe is the proprietary Genesis protocol. Is there a list of proprietary extensions to DDC somewhere? I doubt it.  Since you raised the possibility of manufacturer specific VCP feature codes

Re: building both monolithic command line program and shared library from single source package, ddcutil

2020-01-28 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
be used by ddcutil or any other spec compliant DDC/CI program.  It's the use of operation code xC2, not normal reference to manufacturer specific features with spec-defined operation codes, that's the "trap door". On 1/27/20 7:50 PM, Paul Wise wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 4:50

Re: building both monolithic command line program and shared library from single source package, ddcutil

2020-01-27 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
On 1/27/20 4:26 AM, Paul Wise wrote: ... lintian detects a few minor issues in the source and binary packages that I suggest polishing off. The main one for me is to include symbols files so that dependencies on libddcutil2 can be minimised to the version that introduced each of the used

Re: building both monolithic command line program and shared library from single source package, ddcutil

2020-01-27 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
On 1/26/20 11:45 PM, Paul Wise wrote: On Sun, 2020-01-26 at 23:01 -0500, Sanford Rockowitz wrote: I'm unaware of plans to support DDC in the Linux kernel. I just discovered the ddcci-driver-linux project. It is available in Debian in the ddcci-dkms binary package. I've tried it locally

Re: building both monolithic command line program and shared library from single source package, ddcutil

2020-01-26 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
Wise wrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:13 PM Sanford Rockowitz wrote: What's unusual is that the command line version does not depend on the shared library. Both versions are built from the same source package ... Is this design just atypical, or does it violate Debian practice in some way

building both monolithic command line program and shared library from single source package, ddcutil

2020-01-25 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
I am the developer of package ddcutil (https://mentors.debian.net/package/ddcutil, https://www.ddcutil.com).  The sponsor, Andrey Rahmatullin suggested that I post the following question to the list. Until now, Debian has distributed only a command line version of ddcutil.  I'd like to

Bug#932817: Quote needed

2019-09-09 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
It looks like you got our name from some IBM list. I'm afraid we can't help you. We're software developers and that is our connection to IBM. Regards, Sanford Rockowitz On 09/09/2019 03:26 PM, Jerry Edwards wrote: Good day, Can you please assist me with quote for the below product

ddcutil-0.8.6-1

2018-01-20 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
Andrey, I have uploaded the latest point release of ddcutil, 0.8.6,  to debian-mentors, closing bug 887770. I've also CC'd the mentors list.  For future reference is this the best way to signal a new version? Regards, Sanford

Bug#861617: Fwd: Re: Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-08-31 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
Should have been sent to the entire list. Forwarded Message Subject: Re: Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:41:21 -0400 From: Sanford Rockowitz <rockow...@minsoft.com> Organization: Minaret So

Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-08-31 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
I assume you mean replace the dummy "Packaged for debian-mentors submission." entry and update the timestamp. Can you give some guidance as to what should be in the initial changelog entry? Thanks. Sanford On 08/31/2017 12:22 PM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: Please fix the changelog entry

Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-08-31 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
A new version of ddcutil has been uploaded to mentors. Comments interspersed. On 08/31/2017 06:58 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: You should build your packages on sid and test them on sid. After executing pdebuild on sid for distribution sid, messages unchanged: $ lintian -EI --pedantic

Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-08-31 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
An updated copy of ddcutil has been uploaded to mentors reflecting Andrey's review. Comments interspersed. On 08/20/2017 12:02 PM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: The package FTBFS: dh_install dh_install: Cannot find (any matches for) "/usr/bin" (tried in ., debian/tmp) dh_install: ddcutil

Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-07-30 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
to get the pgpsigurlmangle option to work. Sanford Rockowitz On 07/24/2017 03:11 PM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Please remove all unneeded files from debian/. Please remove commented out sample lines from debian/rules. You shouldn't "Bump Debian release for d

Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-07-24 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
Andrey, Thank you for your comments. This being my fist debian submission, I want to make sure there are not too many cooks in the kitchen before uploading a new version. Back at the beginning of May, Stephen Kitt had offered to co-maintain and sponsor the project. However, nothing has

Bug#861617: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings

2017-05-01 Thread Sanford Rockowitz
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddcutil" * Package name: ddcutil Version : 0.8.0-6 Upstream Author : Sanford Rockowitz <rockow...@minsoft.com> * URL : https://gith