[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#732066: Bug#732066: Bug#732066: can you please also package cgminer 3.7.2 (along with the latest version)?

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 08:19:57 Ariel wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Scott Howard wrote:
> > bfgminer is in the NEW queue, it's pending acceptance into Debian:
> > http://ftp-master.debian.org/new/bfgminer_3.6.0-1.html
> >
> > Once bfgminer is in Debian, could you try it and see if that fits your
> > needs?
> 
> Sure. Is there any way for me to download it and build it myself? (Since 
> it's still not accepted yet.)

You can checkout the following repository:

    http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-bitcoin/bfgminer.git

Let us know if need build instructions.


> None of those are 3.7.2 - but it doesn't matter, I'm suggesting having 
> that version as a first class package.

We disagree. :) By definition cgminer 3.7.2 became a "second grade"
software since upstream maintainer dropped the very functionality that
you need.

We have neither interest nor resources to maintain old version of
cgminer that upstream himself declared as "unmaintained".


> Unless you are saying the bfgminer is better in every way and there
> is no point in the old cgminer version?

Perhaps not in every way but regarding GPU mining bfgminer it
certainly better.


> But if so why have cgminer at all (at any version)?

Although there are lot of similarities between cgminer and bfgminer
(they have common ancestor) at this time the reason to have both
packages might be to support broader range of mining devices.

Initially I introduced cgminer because I was not aware of bfgminer.
Now I tend to think that it was a mistake but last time I checked
cgminer had support for some devices that bfgminer don't recognise
yet.

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