Bug#985728: ITP: howdy -- Infrared Facial Authentication Module for Linux

2021-03-23 Thread Lem Severein
Hey Gard, Weirdly I can't see that package locally at all. Probably because I'm on such an old distro. I'm not 100% sure if that dlib package ships with the python bindings or if it's just the C++ version. I'll look into that. If it does have python bindings then that solves the problem in its en

Bug#985728: ITP: howdy -- Infrared Facial Authentication Module for Linux

2021-03-23 Thread Gard Spreemann
Lem Severein writes: > Hey Gard, > > Thanks for the helpful links, I fully understand your concern. > > I can do away with the numpy and opencv installs through the (much more > outdated) python-numpy and python-opencv debian packages respectively. > However, dlib does not seem to have such a pa

Bug#985728: ITP: howdy -- Infrared Facial Authentication Module for Linux

2021-03-23 Thread Lem Severein
Hey Gard, Thanks for the helpful links, I fully understand your concern. I can do away with the numpy and opencv installs through the (much more outdated) python-numpy and python-opencv debian packages respectively. However, dlib does not seem to have such a package yet and having to maintain tha

Bug#985728: ITP: howdy -- Infrared Facial Authentication Module for Linux

2021-03-23 Thread Gard Spreemann
Lem Severein writes: > Unfortunately the dlib compilation step is necessary to be executed on the > machine itself. The build automatically enables certain hardware > accelerations, depending on system components. I think people would be quite upset with a d/postinst script that not only builds

Bug#985728: ITP: howdy -- Infrared Facial Authentication Module for Linux

2021-03-23 Thread Gard Spreemann
Lem Severein writes: > Version 3.0.0 will introduce large changes and make Howdy a lot more > mature. I think it's time to try and package it within the main debian > archive. > > I am the main developer and maintainer of this package, and i > intend to continue to support Howdy. I'm not sure in

Bug#985728: ITP: howdy -- Infrared Facial Authentication Module for Linux

2021-03-22 Thread Lem Severein
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Lem Severein * Package name: howdy Version : 3.0.0 Upstream Author : Lem Severein * URL : https://boltgolt.nl/howdy * License : MIT Programming Lang: Python, C++ Description : Infrared Facial Authentication Modul