Have you made an FFe bug asking for the update? That would help.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:30 PM, UAB „Bona Mens“ <paslau...@openoffice.lt> wrote: > > Hi Mathieu and other developers, who can update usb-modeswitch in Ubuntu, > > I'm writing to you because Ubuntu has an important problem for today's > users - lots of 3G/mobile USB modems are poorly supported in Ubuntu > because of outdated usb-modeswitch (2.1.0) :( > > See bug #1308895, bug #1328412, bug #1192297, bug #1354823 and other bugs > at > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch and > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch-data > > It seems, the main problem appears because of Ubuntu improvement - > Ubuntu developers ported usb_modeswitch_dispatcher to C and because of > this every new usb-modeswitch release can't be simply synced from Debian, > see bug https://launchpad.net/bugs/1280546 : > > Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) wrote on 2014-04-03: #6 > > it should not be blindly synced to the archive; we've ported it to C for > a good reason being in the boot sequence; having an impact from loading a > Tcl interpreter for just one tcl script... > > I agree with Mathieu, but why Debian doesn't use Ubuntu's ported > usb_modeswitch_dispatcher ? > > New upstream versions of usb-modeswitch (2.2.0) and usb-modeswitch-data > (20140529) released 3 months ago and were packaged in Debian unstable > since June! > > Ubuntu's usb_modeswitch_dispatcher should be patched againt because of > introduction of parameter "HuaweiNewMode", wrapping the standard bulk > message for all newer Huawei devices and support for generic fallback > config files, combined with OS switch (per vendor ID). > > Lots of other Huawei related issues, like bug #1308895 are fixed in > updated usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-2) and usb-modeswitch-data > (20140529-1) packages in Debian unstable. > > Please merge usb-modeswitch 2.2.0+repack0-2 package from Debian unstable > to Ubuntu Utopic. > > I think it would be nice to to use /run as TMPDIR for all three init > systems, see > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751271 > https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/debian/sid/usb-modeswitch/sid > > Here is debian/changelog: > > usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-2) unstable; urgency=medium > * Add patch to set TMPDIR to /run, add Build-Depends version constraint > to pull a libjim supporting the setting of TMPDIR (Closes: #751271) > > usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium > * New 2.2.0 upstream release > - Introduction of parameter "HuaweiNewMode", wrapping the standard bulk > message for all newer Huawei devices; > - Support for generic fallback config files, combined with OS switch (per > vendor ID); > * Repack the upstream tarball: > - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. > * Bump usb-modeswitch-data depends to 20140529 > * Update VCS-* fields to canonical form > -- Didier Raboud Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:21:08 +0200 > > And here is usb-modeswitch-data debian/changelog: > > http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/u/usb-modeswitch-data/unstable_changelog > > > -- > IT paslaugos įmonėms, prekyba kompiuteriais su Linux OS: > UAB „Bona Mens" - http://bonamens.lt http://tinklas.eu/prekyba > Tel.: +370-614-53085 > Laisva programinė įranga verslui ir namams: > http://baltix.lt > http://openoffice.lt > > -- > IT paslaugos įmonėms, prekyba kompiuteriais su Linux OS: > UAB „Bona Mens“ - http://bonamens.lt http://tinklas.eu/prekyba > Tel.: 8-37-451316 ; mob. tel. +370-614-53085 > Laisva programinė įranga verslui ir namams: > http://baltix.lt > http://openoffice.lt > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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