This might also be of interest to package/maintain/integrate: https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil
I saw a comment about the --security arguments to hdparm being somewhat unreliable. On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 05:02:32PM +0100, Ivan Gimenez wrote: > Hi > > For me it is ok, I am just a newbie in packaging. > > I have received help from a debian mentor Anibal Montalve Salazar < > ani...@debian.org>, but I got no references for gbp > (yet another Debian packaging toolchain ? ) > > what is exactly a collab-maint repository, a Git repo for the package host > somewhere ? > > > I am ok with whatever, Plz go ahead creating the repo (if have permissions). > > > Regards > Ivan > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Alex Mestiashvili <mailatgo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On 03/01/2016 10:13 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > hdparm is a popular package which has been recently orphaned (see > > > #816168). It provides an udeb so it might be needed/useful in the context > > > of debian-installer too. There are multiple reverse dependencies too. > > > > > > There are 4 RC bugs against it and a new upstream release waiting to be > > > packaged. > > > > > > It would be nice if some people could take over the package and bring it > > > back to shape. Ccing debian-mentors since new contributors are likely to > > > follow that list. > > > > > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hdparm > > > > > > The package description is: > > > Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives. > > > Primary use is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiplemode. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > As there are at least 3 persons ( including me :) ) interesting in the > > package, I think it will be a good use case for a collab-maint repository. > > Further I suggest to use gbp [0] and also switch to debhelper. > > > > I've played a bit already with the package and ready to push the first > > draft. > > > > Shell I go ahead and create the collab-main/hdparm.git ? ( hope I still > > have the rights for it ) > > > > Regards, > > Alex > > > > [0] https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit > > > > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troy Benjegerdes 'da hozer' ho...@hozed.org 7 elements earth::water::air::fire::mind::spirit::soul grid.coop Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, nor try buy a hacker who makes money by the megahash
