[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#524403: Bug#524403: lirc: include support for the Iguana USB IR Transceiver (iguanaIR)

[Stefan Lippers-Hollmann]

retitle #524403 RFP: iguanair -- IguanaWorks USB IR daemon/driver and client.
reassign #524403 wnpp
thanks

On Friday 18 September 2009, Stuart Pook wrote:
> Package: lirc
> Version: 0.8.3-3
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Please include support for the Iguana USB IR Transceiver. This transceiver does not require a kernel
> module or modifications and its open source user-space driver was written for Linux.

I don't see any iguanaIR package in Debian, a quick look suggests that it 
might meet dfsg requirements though.

> Adding support for the Iguana Transceiver just requires having the iguanaIR include file (/usr/include/iguanaIR.h) when the current
> lirc code is compiled. This include file is distributed under the GPL version 2 and so could perhaps just be distributed with the
> lirc source. This include file is available here http://iguanaworks.net/downloads.php

I'd happily build-depend on something like an iguanair-dev package, but I'm
not going to maintain a forked copy of iguanaIR.h inside of the lirc source
package, which serves no purpose unless you also build iguanaIR by hand 
(with which lirc would have to conflict, due to the proposed file overlap).

> There is a discussion on this question regarding Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/153457
[...]

Please get iguanaIR packaged properly and into main, then I'll make sure 
that the corresponding build-dependency gets added to the next lirc upload.

Regards
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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