Bug#237925: ITP: cdemu -- emulating optical drives
Hi Chris, actually both #705409 and #983453 should be left open. When I started working on the CDEmu package I didn't know many things about Debian, so I've opened a general ITP bug report. But CDEmu is split into six components. I should have opened six different bug reports, as I've done later. The general ITP bug reports for CDEmu, both this one and #705409, should be closed only when all the components will be packages inside Debian mirrors. At the time of writing this is not the case, yet: I'm still working on the gcdemu package (#983453). When I'll finish packing gcdemu, I'll close both this bug and #705409. Have a good day. -- Matteo Bini
Bug#237925: ITP: cdemu -- CD drive emulator for Linux
Control: owner 237925 Matteo Bini Hi Christoph, hi Robert. I'm still going to package CDEmu, but I don't know exactly when. There are a few things I need to better understand before I can do it, for instance if it's fine to make as many DEB packages as the source tarballs CDEmu is divided in. Moreover right now I'm a bit busy. CDEmu is on my to do list. However if Robert has time to spare and would like to take care of it, he's most welcome. My current ETA is about four months from now. Thank you for your interest. -- Matteo Bini
Bug#1055089: ITP: bluraybackup -- Backup BDMV from the command line
Rereading this bug report, I have noticed that I did not explain why bluraybackup should be included in Debian. There is not any software like this in Debian: you can't make an exact decrypted copy of a Blu-ray Disc Movie. However dvdbackup is included in Debian [1]. dvdbackup is a software to backup DVD-Videos from the command line. I have used dvdbackup many times to make archival copies of my purchased DVDs. Blu-ray is not a format I like, because of DRM, but it is what is going to replace DVDs, eventually. Or at least it seems so. I own some Blu-rays and I want to be able to make copies of them, for archival purposes. bluraybackup serves this purpose very well: it's fast, small and easy to use. Besides, when I am making archival copies, I do not want to re-encode the files and loose quality or the Blu-ray navigation features. I just want to copy the disc, without the encryption. Since Blu-ray has become quite common, it makes sense for Debian to offer a similar program to dvdbackup for the Blu-ray Disc Movie format. bluraybackup could be also useful, if you need to edit files from a Blu-ray disc, but you don't want to re-encode them before the final rendering, to preserve the original quality. I hope now it is clear why Debian should include bluraybackup. -- Matteo Bini [1] https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/dvdbackup
Bug#1055089: ITP: bluraybackup -- Backup BDMV from the command line
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, matteo...@tiepi.it * Package name: bluraybackup Version : 1.0 Upstream Contact: Matteo Bini * URL : https://git.golem.linux.it/matteobin/bluraybackup * License : GPL-3+ Programming Lang: C Description : Backup BDMV from the command line bluraybackup makes a decrypted copy of the whole Blu-ray Disc Movie, to preserve it losslessly, or it can extract a decrypted version of a specific BDMV stream, without re-encoding the file. Inspired by dvdbackup, developed in C99 following the suckless philosophy.
Bug#1007814: ITP: spek -- acoustic spectrum analyser
Hi Bastian. Thank you for the info! :) I've uploaded a new revision with the correct wxwidgets version. All the best. -- Matteo Bini
Bug#1027400: ITP: sfeed -- simple RSS and Atom parser
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, matteo...@tiepi.it * Package name: sfeed Version : 1.6 Upstream Author : Hiltjo Posthuma * URL : http://codemadness.org/sfeed-simple-feed-parser.html * License : ISC Programming Lang: C Description : simple RSS and Atom parser sfeed is a RSS and Atom parser (and some format programs). It converts RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file. There are formatting programs included to convert this TAB-separated format to various other formats. There are also some programs and scripts included to import and export OPML and to fetch, filter, merge and order feed items. There is also a curses UI front-end: sfeed_curses. It shows the TAB-separated feed items in a graphical command-line UI. The interface has a look inspired by the mutt mail client. It has a sidebar panel for the feeds, a panel with a listing of the items and a small statusbar for the selected item/URL. Some functions like searching and scrolling are integrated in the interface itself. sfeed and sfeed_curses are very small programs with minimal dependencies, in suckless style.
Bug#983558: ITP: cdemu -- optical drive and disc emulation, including CD/DVD-ROMs
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini * Package name: cdemu Version : 3.2.4 Upstream Author : Rok Mandeljc * URL : https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : optical drive and disc emulation, including CD/DVD-ROMs First of all I want to apologise. I'm the author of the following wnpp ITP bug reports: - vhba-dkms [1] - libmirage11 [2] - cdemu-daemon [3] - cdemu-client [4] - gcdemu [5] - image-analyzer [6] They are a bit messy, but they were my first ones. After reading Debian docs regarding ITP reports I decided to do this the proper way. I should have read more docs in the first place, I'm sorry. CDEmu is a software suite made primarily by Rok Mandeljc. It allows CD/DVD emulation in a similar fashion to Alcohol 120%, CloneCD or DAEMON Tools on Windows, which means it can emulate several DRM strategies used by old games. In addition to that it is also able to read and write most optical drive and disc formats such as B6T, CCD, CDI, CUE, ISO, MDS, NRG and TOC. The software suite consists of: - a kernel module implementing a virtual drive-controller - libMirage, a software library for interpreting optical disc images - a daemon which emulates the functionality of an optical drive and disc - command line and GTK clients for controlling the emulator - a GTK application that displays tree structure of libMirage disc images On the project website you can already find tarballs that produce DEB packages compatible with both Debian 9 and 10. The resulting packages are: - vhba-dkms - libmirage11 - gir1.2-mirage-3.2 - cdemu-daemon - cdemu-client - gcdemu - image-analyzer For the sake of ease I would add a couple of meta packages as well: - cdemu or cdemu-suite with the full suite - cdemu-cli with only the command line client, without image-analyzer I use this software to play old games on CD/DVD with disc-based DRM methods and since Debian packages Wine, which does a great job playing those titles, I think it would be a neat inclusion into the repository. Moreover this software can be used for many other purposes. It is also stable. Lastly there already are two old RFP bugs [7] that ask for the software inclusion. I am willing to mantain these packages, I am willing to compile DEB packages and to provide support. I've received Mr. Mandeljc's blessing to add CDEmu into Debian repository. Please, let's make this happen! It would be a huge honour to help this wonderful OS grow, albeit in such a humble way. Greetings. -- Matteo Bini [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983402 [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983444 [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983451 [4] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983452 [5] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983453 [6] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983454 [7] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=237925 [7] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705409
Bug#983454: ITP: image-analyzer -- GTK3-based utility for CD/DVD image analysis
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini * Package name: image-analyzer Version : 3.2.4 Upstream Author : Rok Mandeljc * URL : https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/analyzer/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: C Description : GTK3-based utility for CD/DVD image analysis Image Analyzer is a GTK3-based utility for CD/DVD image analysis and manipulation, with following functionality: - disc image layout visualization - reading of sector data from image - analysis of error correction and detection codes in sector main and subchannel data - retrieval of disc (DVD) structures, if available - visualization of disc topology (DPM) data, if available - image format conversion - logging facilities for debugging image-analyzer_3.2.4.orig.tar.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data
Bug#983453: ITP: gcdemu -- GTK3-based GUI for controlling CDEmu daemon
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini * Package name: gcdemu Version : 3.2.4 Upstream Author : Rok Mandeljc * URL : https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/gcdemu/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: C Description : GTK3-based GUI for controlling CDEmu daemon GTK3-based GUI for controlling CDEmu daemon. It is part of the CDEmu software suite, a free, GPL CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for Linux. It provides a graphic interface that allows performing the key tasks related to controlling the CDEmu daemon, such as loading and unloading devices, displaying devices' status and retrieving/setting devices' debug masks. In addition, it listens to signals emitted by CDEmu daemon and provides notifications via libnotify (provided that python bindings are installed). gcdemu_3.2.4.orig.tar.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data
Bug#983452: ITP: cdemu-client -- Command-line client for CDEmu daemon
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini * Package name: cdemu-client Version : 3.2.4-1 Upstream Author : Rok Mandeljc * URL : https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/client/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: C Description : Command-line client for CDEmu daemon Simple command-line client for controlling CDEmu daemon. It is part of the CDEmu software suite, a free, GPL CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for Linux. It provides a way to perform the key tasks related to controlling the CDEmu daemon, such as loading and unloading devices, displaying devices' status and retrieving/setting devices' debug masks. cdemu-client_3.2.4.orig.tar.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data
Bug#983403: ITP: vhba-dkms -- Kernel module that provides a Virtual SCSI HBA, part of the CDEmu software suite
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini * Package name: vhba-dkms Version : 20200106 Upstream Author : Chia-I Wu * URL : https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/vhba/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: C Description : Kernel module that provides a Virtual SCSI HBA, part of the CDEmu software suite VHBA (Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapter) is a kernel module which acts as a low-level SCSI driver and which provides the SCSI layer with a virtual SCSI adapter which can have multiple virtual devices. It is part of the CDEmu software suite. Its typical use in the CDEmu software suite is to provide virtual devices that emulates real SCSI Optical (CD-ROM) devices. It works in cooperation with the CDEmu daemon and libMirage to emulate an Optical (CD-ROM) drive and disc with information contained in a disc image. For your information, a disc image is just a copy of the information stored on an actual disc.
Bug#983402: ITP: vhba-dkms -- Kernel module that provides a Virtual SCSI HBA, part of the CDEmu software suite
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matteo Bini * Package name: vhba-dkms Version : 20200106 Upstream Author : Chia-I Wu * URL : https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/vhba/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: C Description : Kernel module that provides a Virtual SCSI HBA, part of the CDEmu software suite VHBA (Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapter) is a kernel module which acts as a low-level SCSI driver and which provides the SCSI layer with a virtual SCSI adapter which can have multiple virtual devices. It is part of the CDEmu software suite. Its typical use in the CDEmu software suite is to provide virtual devices that emulates real SCSI Optical (CD-ROM) devices. It works in cooperation with the CDEmu daemon and libMirage to emulate an Optical (CD-ROM) drive and disc with information contained in a disc image. For your information, a disc image is just a copy of the information stored on an actual disc. vhba-dkms_20200106-1_all.deb Description: application/vnd.debian.binary-package