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Details about package open-ath9k-htc-firmware

Name:	open-ath9k-htc-firmware (PTS)
Uploader:	John Scott <jscott@posteo.net> (Debian QA page)
Description:	firmware-ath9k-htc - firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters

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Information

Version:	1.4.0-2020.09.27+dfsg1-1
Uploaded:	2020-12-13 00:27
Source package:	open-ath9k-htc-firmware_1.4.0-2020.09.27+dfsg1-1.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	kernel
Priority:	optional
Homepage:	https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware
Closes bugs:	#873727 #944169 #951891

Changelog

 open-ath9k-htc-firmware (1.4.0-2020.09.27+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Adopt package and designate myself as maintainer.
   * New upstream snapshot.
     - Build the cross toolchain with GCC 10 and Binutils >= 2.34.
       (Closes: #944169, #951891)
   * Drop the debugging symbols package, as it's generally not useful.
     (Closes: #873727)
   * NEWS: Due to a bug in wpasupplicant, ath9k_htc devices often failed
     connections using MAC address randomization, which is enabled by default
     with NetworkManager. Fixes are available as wpasupplicant updates in
     releases Stretch and later.
     (Resolves: #870159, #895696, #939075, #954457, #954861)

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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Package is the latest upstream version

local:	1.4.0-2020.09.27+dfsg1
upstream:	1.4.0
url:	https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/archive/1.4.0.tar.gz

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Package is not native

format: 3.0 (quilt)
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"Maintainer" email is the same as the uploader
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Package has lintian warnings
open-ath9k-htc-firmware source
- W debian-watch-not-mangling-version
  - opts=dversionmangle=s/\-.*$// https://github.com/qca/@PACKAGE@/releases/ .*/@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@ debian
- W inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license
  - debian/firmware-ath9k-htc.metainfo.xml (mit != gpl-2+)
- W tab-in-license-text
  - debian/copyright (starting at line 332)
- I out-of-date-standards-version
  - 4.1.2 (released 2017-11-30) (current is 4.5.0)
- X debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature
- P hyphen-in-upstream-part-of-debian-changelog-version
  - 1.4.0-2020.09.27+dfsg1
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Package closes RC bugs
- src:open-ath9k-htc-firmware:
  - #873727 (Important): open-ath9k-htc-firmware: dbgsym package should not be in debian/control
  - #951891 (Serious): open-ath9k-htc-firmware FTBFS with binutils 2.34
- open-ath9k-htc-firmware:
  - #944169 (Serious): open-ath9k-htc-firmware: non-standard gcc/g++ used for build (gcc-8)
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No VCS field present
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining open-ath9k-htc-firmware in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2018-12-21

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Upstream-Contact missing from d/copyright

author:	None
licenses:	BSD-3-clause-from-Qualcomm-Atheros or GPL-2, BSD-3-clause or GPL-2, Expat, GPL-2+, GPL-2, BSD-3-clause-from-Qualcomm-Atheros, BSD-3-clause-from-Regents, BSD-3-clause-from-Qualcomm-Atheros and BSD-4-clause-from-Regents or GPL-2, GPL-2+ with linking exception

Comments

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I'd like to keep the changelog more user-oriented, so here are more of the technical changes I made:
 * Set up Reportbug to include NetworkManager and wpasupplicant install status with bug reports
 * Debhelper-ize the build system to make it much more clean
 * Move the Section from 'misc' to 'kernel' like the other firmware
 * Honor DEB_BUILD_OPTION_PARALLEL
 * Retool Autotools and use system zlib for the toolchain
 * Add README.source to specify how I (finally!) got a good strategy for repacking and the version numbers
 * Add a decent and decipherable watch file
 * New package description

It also happens that the newly-built firmware is bit-by-bit identical on my machine to the old version :)

Perfect is the enemy of good, so here are important things I'll work on but are not worth postponing getting into Bullseye:
 * The copyright file deviates from DEP-5 and I haven't checked it independently, but appears comprehensive and accurate.
 * I would check with Oleksij about the license disparity on the AppStream metadata, but I think I might just rewrite it.
 * I think Lintian's warning about my 'dversionmangle' in the watch file is a bug and I'll report it when Lintian is in better shape.
 * I'm holding off on bumping the Standards-Version until I can get through more but don't know of any blockers.

Before the freeze I'll talk to the kernel and/or d-i teams about getting it in the installer, but after that I'll keep my skills sharp on other packages and test with gcc-snapshot for breakages.
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Ready John Scott at Dec. 13, 2020, 3:55 p.m.