Bug#861617: marked as done (RFS: ddcutil/0.8.4-1 [ITP] (original) (raw)

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• To: submit@bugs.debian.org
• Subject: RFS: ddcutil/0.8.0-6 [ITP] - control monitor settings
• From: Sanford Rockowitz <rockowitz@minsoft.com>
• Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 11:26:04 -0400
• Message-id: 5907538C.3030902@minsoft.com

Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddcutil"

• Package name : ddcutil Version : 0.8.0-6 Upstream Author : Sanford Rockowitz rockowitz@minsoft.com
• URL : https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil
• License : GPL-2.0 Section : utils

It builds those binary packages:

ddcutil    - Control monitor settings - Standalone command line version
libddcutil-dev - ddcutil - C development files
libddcutil0 - ddcutil - Shared libraries

To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:

https://mentors.debian.net/package/ddcutil

Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

dget -x

https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/ddcutil/ddcutil_0.8.0-6.dsc

More information about ddcutil can be obtained from https://www.ddcutil.com

Changes since the last upload:

ddcutil (0.8.0-6) unstable; urgency=low

* Bump Debian release for debian-mentors

ddcutil is a utility for querying and changing monitor settings, such as brightness and color levels.

ddcutil primarily uses DDC/CI (Display Data Channel Command Interface) to communicate with monitors implementing MCCS (Monitor Control Command Set) over I2C. Alternatively, there is support for monitors (such as Eizo ColorEdge displays) that implement MCCS using a USB connection.

Use cases for ddcutil include:

• To record and reset color related settings as part of color profile management
• Switching monitor input
• Controlling brightness

The most closely comparable program is ddccontrol, which has not been maintained for several years. The design of ddcutil differs from ddccontrol in two fundamental ways that should make it more robust in the face of hardware changes and monitor variation:

1. It uses the userspace i2c-dev interface instead of providing its own I2C drivers, so is less sensitive to video driver implementation.

2. Instead of relying on a database of features by monitor model, which can never hope to be up to date, ddcutil bases its feature interpretation on a detailed understanding of the MCCS specification. The downside is that can only give generic interpretation for MCCS Virtual Control Panel features in the range reserved for manufacturer specific features.

Regards, Sanford Rockowitz

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