Dominique Dumont <d...@debian.org> writes: > As of lcdproc 0.5.9-2, lis module is no longer delivered. (see lcdproc > changelog) because build dependency on libftdi-dev and libusb-dev were > removed. > > libftdi-dev and libusb-dev are deprecated library with newer replacements. > Nobody stepped up upstream to port these module to new usb library, so, > unfortunately, I had to remove these modules.
Ok, I see, they've bitrotted away. >> Which is odd, because I did a local build and lis.so is indeed built >> and included with the 'lcdproc' package. > > Probably because libusb-dev libftdi-dev are installed on your system. Ok, no problem. Its a bit of shame that this software is unmaintained upstream with no replacement -- that I know of. However, I know that's not your fault. What's better, to just close this bug or should I upstream it? -- ...Adam Di Carlo...<a.p.dica...@gmail.com>............................
