usb-modeswitch (1.0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low UPSTREAM: Version 1.0.5 introduces two major changes. * The devices configuration is split: - /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf is dropped in favor of files in /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/ - This means that the customisation or new devices that were defined in /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf will be _LOST_. + Normally, there no need anymore to play with comments and such to only get the correct devices switched. * The detection of devices is greatly improved: - /etc/udev/rules.d/usb_modeswitch.rules (Debian-specific) is dropped in favor of /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb_modeswitch.rules (from upstream). These rules call /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/usb_modeswitch.{sh,tcl} to handle the automagical detection and switching of the devices. - This means that any device selection done by comment-tweak in the Debian-specific .rules file will be lost. + But it is normally replaced by a superior and more universal device detection. Finally, if you had modified /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf to insert home-brewn tweaks, you will need to migrate these tweaks to /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/* files. But if you had only selected alternative devices in /etc/udev/usb_modeswitch.rules, you should normally have nothing to do, as these alternatives should now be detected (read below). DEBIAN: Version 1.0.5-1 now makes the rules "opt-in" * udev (from version 146-1) now ships a modem-modeswitch program that does what usb-modeswitch used to do. To ensure that the transition to this udev facility is smooth for everyone, the usb-modeswitch program is kept, but with an opt-in /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb_modeswitch.rules. * Thus if modem-modeswitch from udev (>= 146-1) works for your device, you can uninstall usb-modeswitch. * A contrario, if modem-modeswitch doesn't switch your device, please file a bug against udev and edit /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb_modeswitch.rules to enable it. -- Didier Raboud Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:02:40 +0100 usb-modeswitch (1.0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low For the 1.0.0 release, the command line options have changed in two ways from their behavior in the 0.9.* versions: * On/off flags don't require arguments anymore (e.g. '-H' instead of '-H 1') * long option names changed to standard format (e.g. --huawei-mode instead of --HuaweiMode). The old options are _not_ recognised and _will_ make usb_modeswitch fail. So check your scripts and everything that might be using these command lines. -- Didier Raboud Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:59:03 +0200