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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#35640: Make USB modems just work on Guix
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:00:43 +0200
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To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
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"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 12:36:47PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrot=
e:
>> Find attached patches that make USB modems just work, fixing this bug.
>>=20
>
> I forgot to ask: The USB_ModeSwitch website says:
>
> If you are a system integrator (package maintainer) you can use this
> XML file to check for new releases: usb-modeswitch-versions.xml
> <http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb-modeswitch-versions.xml>.
>
> Is it possible to add a hash of this URL to the usb-modeswitch and
> usb-modeswitch-data packages so that guix refresh notifies us of new
> releases?

No, it=E2=80=99s not that simple.  You could write an =E2=80=9Cupdater=E2=
=80=9D (see (guix
upstream)) that specifically reads this file and reports the new version
specified in this file, but maybe it=E2=80=99s overkill to do that for a si=
ngle
package.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.