[beta] firmware-tools debian prerelease/review

[Michael E Brown]

All,
    I have released beta tarballs of firmware-tools with the debian
control files. It is available here:
    http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/download/firmware-tools/firmware-tools-1.2.5.1_BETA/firmware-tools-1.2.5.1_BETA.tar.gz

    All of the debian packaging was done by Sadhana B at the Dell
Bangalore development facility. The intent is to get Sadhana as a debian
contributor and get these into the normal debian package pool.

    I am in process of getting my debian build box setup, so I dont have
built debs to hand out. In the next couple of weeks, we should have
autobuilder support which means that I'll be able to have a apt
repository on linux.dell.com containing these packages.

    The debian control files are under pkg/debian/ in the tarball.
Create a debian/ directory and copy them into that dir (under the top
dir of the unpacked tarball), then run the normal debian
dpkg-buildpackage command and it *should* pop out .debs. :)

    Several people have privately requested early release copies, so
this is for those people. Please provide feedback on the mailing list.

    I will also shortly have firmware-addon-dell available as well.
--
Michael