Bug 176299 – ebuild for pyusb-0.3.5

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Torsten Kurbad 2007-04-27 21:23:12 UTC]

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From the website (http://pyusb.berlios.de):

PyUSB is a native Python module written in C (meanwhile, because the next major version will use ctypes), that provides USB access for it.

PyUSB uses the libusb [...]. 

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This is a neat little module that allows raw access to USB devices via Python. There exist several small applications which make use of it, e.g. a freevo-plugin that displays stuff on the Versatile Front Display (VFD) of adequately equipped Shuttle XPC barebones.

Would very much like to see this little baby in Portage soon... ;o)

Regards,
Torsten

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Torsten Kurbad 2007-04-27 21:24:06 UTC]

Created attachment 117446 [details]
pyusb-0.3.5.ebuild

[Comment 2 Torsten Kurbad 2007-04-27 22:15:44 UTC]

Created attachment 117453 [details]
pyusb-0.3.5.ebuild

New version of the ebuild that honors a local use flag "vfd". This triggers the patch (s. next attachment) to get freevo's vdf-plugin running.

[Comment 3 Torsten Kurbad 2007-04-27 22:16:33 UTC]

Created attachment 117455 [details, diff]
pyusb-0.3.5-name.patch

Put into files dir.

[Comment 4 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2007-07-15 19:14:15 UTC]

Support for the VFD on the Shuttle M1000 is available for lcdproc as a patch and might be part of the next lcdproc release. This way, you could add support for that VFD on the pylcd -> lcdproc way, too.

Would there be any advantages with the vfd-plugin -> pyusb way?

[Comment 5 Torsten Kurbad 2007-07-15 19:36:14 UTC]

Hmm, don't know really - I think, freevo would be capable to deal with lcdproc, too. Thus, there's no real need. Anyway, this is a generic module to access to USB bus, it wasn't specifially designed for the VFD, so maybe it won't hurt putting it in portage... ;o)

Regards,
Torsten

[Comment 6 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2007-07-15 19:44:45 UTC]

In case the lcdproc patch gets accepted, I'd recommend you to test that.

Otherwise, I don't see much sense in maintaing it unless someone uses it. And once it's needed, the ebuild is here in bugzi (which is nice).

[Comment 7 Torsten Kurbad 2007-07-15 19:59:36 UTC]

Sounds like a plan to me... ;o)

[Comment 8 Martin Gysel (bearsh) 2008-05-19 19:28:12 UTC]

have a look at bug #135373 ...

[Comment 9 Torsten Kurbad 2008-05-19 20:07:16 UTC]

I long since have my own customized 0.4.0 ebuild in the overlay... ;o)

Regards,
Torsten

[Comment 10 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-08-05 04:44:46 UTC]

*pyusb-0.4.1 (28 May 2009)

  28 May 2009; Joseph Jezak <[e-mail]> +metadata.xml,
  +pyusb-0.4.1.ebuild:
  Initial commit.