please keep the list cc'ed when replying me.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Andreas Thienemann</b> <<a href="mailto:andreas@bawue.net">andreas@bawue.net
</a>><br>Date: 15 nov. 2005 15:36<br>Subject: Re: RE New xanto driver for NUT<br>To: Arnaud Quette <<a href="mailto:aquette.dev@gmail.com">aquette.dev@gmail.com</a>><br><br></span>Hello Arnaud,<br><br>On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Arnaud Quette wrote:
<br><br>> is there really a need to separate it from the megatec.<br>> we're currently trying to merge similar drivers into the megatec to<br>> simplify maintainance.<br>I read about that.<br>Unfortunately, I do belive it is necessary.
<br>The megatec protocol is used, but with some modifications of some<br>commands.<br>As there is absolutely no way of asking the UPS about manufacturer or<br>model data, adding these models to the generic megatec driver would result
<br>in introducing special cases just for these models.<br><br>I think, this is rather a nuissance.<br><br>> - subscribe to the upsdev mailing list:<br>> <a href="https://alioth.debian.org/mail/?group_id=30602">https://alioth.debian.org/mail/?group_id=30602
</a><br>><br>> - post a patch (unified format, ie using diff -Nru orig.nut mod.nut ><br>> your_patch)<br>> to upsdev mentionning the more info possible (why you forked, ...)<br>><br>> - wait for the feedback. Once approved, support is merged in
<br>> the CVS Development tree, and propagated to Testing then Stable...<br>thanks.<br><br>will do that, as soon as the code is ready for prime time.<br>I have to cleanup one or two sscanf calls first.<br><br>bye,<br> andreas
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