On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Kip Warner <k...@thevertigo.com> wrote: > I agree with the concerns of some of those above. If the hardware > database is no longer maintained, closing the bug as a wishlist is less > than ideal because it doesn't actually address the OP's original > concern.
But it does in the only meaningful way it will be addressed. Lets re-examine the original bug: >> Cannot browse hardware database. Only very generic data without any details is available on http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/ . This is resolved, maybe not satisfactorily, but resolved in that hwdb.ubuntu.com was sunset several years ago, it is not coming back. >> Hardware database ids are sometimes refered to in Ubuntu bugs, but I could >> not find any way to see the actual records. Collecting the data is not very >> usefull if it is >> not accessible. Who owns the data now, are they property of some company? Ubuntu bugs no longer refer to hardware database IDs as there is no longer ANY method in Ubuntu so submit them, no endpoint on LP to receive them, and no database front end to publicly display them. The data submitted way back then remains tied to the user's LP account and that is as far as that data will go. If you would like to recover that data somehow, then a more appropriate venue would be file a NEW, and more apropos Launchpad bug that covers the need to recover that old hwdb data via some sort of API mechanism. >> Hardware database related pages in Ubuntu wiki have not been modified for a >> while >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDownUnder/BOFs/HardwareDatabaseRoadmap?highlight=%28HardwareDatabase%29 >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareDatabase?highlight=%28HardwareDatabase%29 These will not be modified again, because that project is dead. > It would be better if there was a hardware database Canonical > maintained. This can't be rocket science to build: There IS a hardware database Canonical maintains, and it has been linked several times in the bug comments. That database is found at: https://certification.ubuntu.com And maintains a list of all the Officially Supported hardware from IoT to Desktops/laptops to SoCs and Servers. There is also a catalog available that shows you every single device that appears in every system certified. > * Ubiquity installer makes some queries to the system with the user's > permission. > * Installer makes some JSON POST requests to remote server. > * Remote server stores anonymous hardware description in a MySQL or > PostgreSQL database. > * Database has a web based front end that shows some pies, tables, a field > for queries, etc. > > This can probably be put together in a few days. At this point, trying to resurrect a badly designed 11 year old database of hardware no one owns or can purchase any longer is not the right way to get this done. I would suggest going to the community and getting some Ubuntu members together who are willing to develop, build and host a new database with a better, cleaner design, using better, more modern tools and encourage people to participate by submitting data. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30910 Title: Hardware Database not browseable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/checkbox/+bug/30910/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
