[Debian-on-mobile-maintainers] hexagon-dsp-binaries for DebianOnMobile

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 01:27:42PM +0200, Arnaud Ferraris wrote:
> Salut Loïc,
> 
> Le 09/04/2026 à 13:25, Loic Minier a écrit :
> > Salut Arnaud ! j'espère que tu vas bien :)
> 
> Tout va bien, j'espère que de ton côté aussi :)
> 
> > We're looking to move hexagon-dsp-binaries from single maintainer to
> > team-maintained, and we were thinking of the DebianOnMobile team as
> > possibly a good fit since you target Qualcomm platforms as well.
> > 
> > I think you know a few of us already: Dmitry is upstream for h-d-b,
> > which is a bit like linux-firmware but specialized in Hexagon DSP
> > firmware, and has packaged and maintained hexagon-dsp-binaries under his
> > salsa namespace. Robie has supported this work with reviews and
> > sponsoring. I watched from a distance, and Agathe recently joined our
> > team to help with Qualcomm's Debian efforts as well.  :-)
> > 
> > Just for the avoidance of doubt, we're very much keen to be the main
> > group maintaining hexagon-dsp-binaries, we're not asking for
> > DebianOnMobile to take it over, but we're trying to find the most
> > sensible home and wider group for that package.
> > 
> > Does that make sense to you too? If so, what would be the next steps?
> 
> +Cc the DebianOnMobile maintainers list
> 
> As far as I'm concerned this sounds just fine, although I'll let other team
> members raise their concerns if they have any.
> Unless there is any objection, I'll create/copy/move the repo under the
> DebianOnMobile-team namespace and grant developer access to the relevant
> people.

To maybe speed that up: No objections from my side.
Cheers,
 -- Guido

> 
> For this to happen please provide the following information:
> - current Salsa repository (if any)
> - Salsa usernames of the expected maintainers
> 
> You should also expect that I (or other team members) will be overseeing the
> package updates initially, in order to provide guidance and ensure this
> package adheres to the "guidelines" we use within the team. Sadly I don't
> think we have a formal list of those packaging practice, but you can start
> by having a look at other team-maintained packages and Mobian
> recommendations: https://wiki.debian.org/Mobian/Contribute#Packaging (TL;DR
> use git-buildpackage and salsa-ci, ensuring all tests are green before
> merging/releasing).
> 
> Cheers,
> Arnaud
> 
> > Best
> > - Loïc
> 






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