[Mageia-dev] Updating usb_modeswitch in mga2

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and David W. Hodgins at 03/06/12 23:20 did gyre and gimble:
> On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:45:52 -0400, Colin Guthrie
> <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> In order to fix https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4853 we would
>> need a newer usb_modeswitch (and it's -data supplement).
> 
> As it's an update for a bugfix, where a patch is not suitable, I see
> no problem pushing it as an update.

Well in fairness I think it would be possible to patch it for this
particular device. I just think that's a bit of a short-sighted view of
the problem generally, hence why I figured it would be best to canvas
opinions.

Col

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