Spec URL: http://ian.ahands.org/fedora/scantool_net.spec SRPM URL: http://ian.ahands.org/fedora/scantool_net-1.13-1.fc8.src.rpm Description: scantool_net is an opensource tool used to connect with and display information from OBD2 scanners like the ones sold at scantool.net. The user must have access to /dev/ttyS<num>. This is my first package submission and I apperently need a sponsor. I also have packaged a dependancy api/lib that scantool_net requiers. I can create another review ticket/post if needed but the information is as follows: Spec URL: http://ian.ahands.org/fedora/dzcomm.spec SRPM URL: http://ian.ahands.org/fedora/dzcomm-0.9.9i-1.fc8.src.rpm Description: Dzcomm is an RS-232 API for as many OS / platforms as we can achieve. Originally designed to work on DOS alongside the allegro games programming library it can now work work alongside it as well as independently of it and works on some unixes as well. I hope these packages can be of use to people. I use the scantool package regularly, have found that people new to linux/copmiling/coding can have a rough time getting this installed/working. There are some alternatives, but many are lacking, buggy, or have no gui (a problem for some linux newcomers). Thanks for your time, -Ian
Please, do create a separate ticket for dzcomm. Otherwise, as scantool depends on it, it will never make to fedora (since it cannot be built against the libraries existing in Fedora). Note that dzcomm.spec has some easy to spot typos (including the URL tag) and that hard-coding a specific sf.net download server is not a very good idea; the preferred URL is Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz or the shorter Source0: http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
Oops I copied the description from dzcomm's homepage as it was posted there... I had also planned on changing the sourceforge link to let them use their own mirror rotation, but forgot. Thanks for pointing these things out though. I will be posting the dzcomm review request asap. Hope these things make it into fedora. I own a scantool and have seen many frustrated linux users on the scantool.net forums; and I believe this tools code could use some attention from a large community. Thanks Again, -Ian
Closing, as per discussion in bug 429221.