[Debian-on-mobile-maintainers] request for modemmanager to accept AT commands

[Brendan Simon]

Dear Debian `modemmanager` maintenance team,

I'd like to request that the default Debian package build be configured
with:

--with-at-command-via-dbus

Currently it is not configured, and the only way to be able to issue AT
commands is to stop MM, and restart it with --debug option.

This is a real inconvenience as it takes a long time for this to happen,
and then to restart again without --debug.

Our situation is that we have hundreds of remote devices sitting on
power-lines throughout the world, and the software needs to make changes to
the modem that is only available via AT commands (MM doesn't fully support
the options I need natively).

Everytime the unit boots or the ModemManager restarts, I need to
interrogate the modem to make sure the appropriate settings are correct.
That means having to stop MM and restart in debug mode, and then restart
back into normal mode.

Is there any reason, other than historical, why configuring with AT
commands should not be the default?

I can build my own custom version of MM, but I'd prefer to use standard
Debian packages if possible.

NOTE: I'm currently using Debian Buster and MM 1.18.6 from
buster-backports-sloppy.

Thanks,
Brendan.
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