Title: Welcome to the world, Isenkram!
Tags: english, debian
Date: 2013-01-22 22:00

<p>Yesterday, I
<ahref="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_prototype_ready_making_hardware_easier_to_use_in_Debian.html">asked
for testers</a> for my prototype for making Debian better at handling
pluggable hardware devices, which I
<ahref="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_hardware_dongles_easier_to_use_in_Debian.html">set
out to create</a> earlier this month.  Several valuable testers showed
up, and caused me to really want to to open up the development to more
people.  But before I did this, I want to come up with a sensible name
for this project.  Today I finally decided on a new name, and I have
renamed the project from hw-support-handler to this new name.  In the
process, I moved the source to git and made it available as a
collab-maint repository in Debian.  The new name?  It is Isenkram.  To
fetch and build the latest version of the source, use</p>

<pre>
git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/isenkram.git
cd isenkram && git-buildpackage
</pre>

<p>If you want to hack on the source or improve the package, please go
ahead.  But please talk to me first on IRC or via email before you do
major changes, to make sure we do not step on each others toes. :)</p>

<p>If you wonder what 'isenkram' is, it is a Norwegian word for iron
stuff, typically meaning tools, nails, screws, etc.  Typical hardware
stuff, in other words.  I've been told it is the Norwegian variant of
the German word eisenkram, for those that are familiar with that
word.</p>