[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#1095163: ITP: savvycan -- GUI CAN bus reverse engineering and capture tool

[Christopher Obbard]

Hi,

I finished the packaging and uploaded it into the NEW queue:
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-electronics-devel/2025-December/013367.html


Thanks!

Chris

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 at 23:37, Christopher Obbard <obbardc at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> OK, I managed to spare some time tonight and get the packaging mostly done...
>
> It now builds properly, against Qt6 and I imported the upstream Qt6
> support patches (some Qt5 serialport library has gone from Debian,
> switching to Qt6 was just easier for me).
>
> I've fixed almost all of the packaging issues and the app installs &
> seems to run properly.
>
> There is some issue for me running under Gnome/Wayland (was there with
> older version & Qt5 too) where the GUI seems to not render correctly
> around tables etc. Running `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb SavvyCAN` seems to
> make it appear OK, but I don't think this is optimal.
>
> I didn't test the app with a real canbus adapter yet (my canable
> adapter is hiding somewhere in a box somewhere due to moving house
> recently), so that will be the final test I do before uploading the
> package into NEW queue.
>
> Comments on packaging welcome at
> https://salsa.debian.org/electronics-team/savvycan/-/merge_requests/1
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Christopher Obbard
>
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 at 20:46, Christopher Obbard <obbardc at debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alexandre,
> >
> > I created https://salsa.debian.org/electronics-team/savvycan and
> > imported the latest tagged upstream source (v220).
> >
> > I have also created some basic template packaging in a draft merge
> > request at https://salsa.debian.org/electronics-team/savvycan/-/merge_requests/1
> > and will move it forward as and when I get time.
> >
> > It doesn't built yet as it is just a template, but please add
> > comments/feedback if you can.
> >
> > Not making any promises for an upload timeline, but I will keep you
> > updated. I'll try to get it ready in the next few months as I really
> > like & do use this tool !
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 at 17:28, Alexandre Detiste
> > <alexandre.detiste at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Are you still interested working on this project?
> > >
> > > Somewhat similar tool asammdf is now in the NEW queue
> > > and I can tackle this one too.
> > >
> > > Greetings