Bug#441467: Please review new driver for ZapMicro ZMA8XX series cards

[Joey Korkames]

Curiously, I got contacted (out of the blue) by a ZapMicro field-sales 
rep who found the DebianBug thread in Google Groups and assumed I was 
having trouble. I replied back about our efforts to get some type of 
integration for the driver going but haven't got anything back yet.

I'd vouch for doing #3 but you'll have to define "timely" for me (when's 
the next release?). I think when I get my base PBX (for this particular 
card) out I won't have any trouble keeping up my end of that. If it 
would break in the future, and we can't fix it, and ZapMicro doesn't 
update their upstream code or respond back specifically to such problems 
- then it'd be dropped like it should. Oh well. It would still exist in 
an old version for anybody that has to get the card going in the future.

You'd know how (non)volatile the Zaptel code is, I just use the stuff. 
I'm not very able to guess how much of a liability including this driver 
would be.
> Contacted support at zapmicro.com , which is the address listed on the
> driver. I only got a boilerplate response. I asked them a technical
> question and am yet to get an answer.
>
> I do not think it is proper to add a driver that nither of us can
> maintain and fix. If you want to get the driver inside, I see three
> options:
>
> 1. Make it get into Zaptel.
>
> 2. (Failing 1) - Get ZapMicro to be able to answer technical questions
>    and provide timely response to technical issues.
>
> 3. (Failing 1 and 2) - if someone with their hardware is willing to at
>    least test fixes on the driver in a timely manner (before packages are
>    released), and hopefully also some opinions on fixes.
>
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