Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Faidon Liambotis <parav...@debian.org> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
* Package name : bootterm Version : 0.4+git2023013 Upstream Contact: Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> * URL : https://github.com/wtarreau/bootterm * License : Expat Programming Lang: C Description : simple terminal to ease connections with SBCs Bootterm is a simple, reliable and powerful terminal designed to ease connection to ephemeral serial ports as found on various SBCs, and typically USB-based ones. . Main features: * automatic port detection (uses the most recently registered one by default) * enumeration of available ports with detected drivers and descriptions * wait for a specific, a new, or any port to appear (convenient with USB ports) * support for non-standard baud rates (e.g. 74880 bauds for ESP8266) * can send a Break sequence and toggling RTS/DTR for various reset sequences, even on startup * fixed/timed captures to files (may be enabled at run time) * optionally time-stamped captures (relative/absolute dates) * reliable with proper error handling * single binary without annoying dependencies, builds out of the box * supports stdin/stdout to inject/download data * configurable escape character and visible character ranges Note that upstream has chosen /usr/bin/bt for the binary's name, but I'm trying to persuade them to use /usr/bin/bootterm instead, in order to avoid taking up a two-letter name in Debian's shared $PATH namespace, for what is intended to be a binary for a niche audience. At minimum I'd expect us to carry a Debian-specific patch.
