Bug#372208: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#372208: missing patches from wpasupplicant

[Kel Modderman]

severity 372208 wishlist

Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> Package: wpasupplicant
> Version: 0.5.3+20060522-1
>   

If these patches are for the development version of wpa_supplicant, 
should they not be merged into upstream CVS, so that next time I take a 
snapshot, there is no need to carry along a large patch series?

> Severity: normal
>   

This is no defect, rather a  wishlist item, IMHO.

> wpasupplicant is missing a number of patches which can be found at:
> http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/wpa_supplicant/
>
> for me personally most important is that one (which makes wep w/ orinoco
> 		based cards work again):
>
> wpa_supplicant-wep-key-fix.patch
>   

Please provide a distinct bug report for that issue.

> furthermore I applied:
> wpa_supplicant-assoc-timeout.patch
> wpa_supplicant-auth-fallback-v4.patch
>   

Why?

> I am not sure about the others:
>
> wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-madwifi-ioctl-reorder.patch
> wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-madwifi-privacy-invoked-fix.patch
> wpa_supplicant-ctrl-iface-ap-scan.patch
> wpa_supplicant-ctrl-iface-hide-keys.patch
> wpa_supplicant-driver-wext-debug.patch
> wpa_supplicant-ssid-len-fix.patch
>   

What are they for? Why do I need to apply them? Have they been sent to 
Jouni?

Are you positive these bugs are for the 0.5 series of wpa_supplicant? If 
so, i would rather allow upstream to take care of them during their 
normal development process, unless they are _absolutely_ critical.

Kel.