blog/data/2013-01-22-hw-autoinstall.txt

   1 Title: Welcome to the world, Isenkram!
   2 Tags: english, debian, isenkram
   3 Date: 2013-01-22 22:00
   4
   5 <p>Yesterday, I
   6 <a href="http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/First_prototype_ready_making_hardware_easier_to_use_in_Debian.html">asked
   7 for testers</a> for my prototype for making Debian better at handling
   8 pluggable hardware devices, which I
   9 <a href="http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/Lets_make_hardware_dongles_easier_to_use_in_Debian.html">set
  10 out to create</a> earlier this month.  Several valuable testers showed
  11 up, and caused me to really want to to open up the development to more
  12 people.  But before I did this, I want to come up with a sensible name
  13 for this project.  Today I finally decided on a new name, and I have
  14 renamed the project from hw-support-handler to this new name.  In the
  15 process, I moved the source to git and made it available as a
  16 <a href="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/isenkram.git">collab-maint</a>
  17 repository in Debian.  The new name?  It is <strong>Isenkram</strong>.
  18 To fetch and build the latest version of the source, use</p>
  19
  20 <pre>
  21 git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/isenkram.git
  22 cd isenkram && git-buildpackage -us -uc
  23 </pre>
  24
  25 <p>I have not yet adjusted all files to use the new name yet.  If you
  26 want to hack on the source or improve the package, please go ahead.
  27 But please talk to me first on IRC or via email before you do major
  28 changes, to make sure we do not step on each others toes. :)</p>
  29
  30 <p>If you wonder what 'isenkram' is, it is a Norwegian word for iron
  31 stuff, typically meaning tools, nails, screws, etc.  Typical hardware
  32 stuff, in other words.  I've been told it is the Norwegian variant of
  33 the German word eisenkram, for those that are familiar with that
  34 word.</p>
  35
  36 <p><strong>Update 2013-01-26</strong>: Added -us -us to build
  37 instructions, to avoid confusing people with an error from the signing
  38 process.</p>
  39
  40 <p><strong>Update 2013-01-27</strong>: Switch to HTTP URL for the git
  41 clone argument to avoid the need for authentication.</p>