[Bug 388409] [NEW] Please backport libmtp8 from karmic to jaunty

[Kenny Millington]

Public bug reported:

libmtp8 in jaunty is old (0.3.0 - 2008-06-23).

libmtp8 in karmic is alot more recent (0.3.7) and as such supports
(alot) more devices that could be of benefit to users of the jaunty
desktop.

I've performed a no source change backport using pbuilder which works
for me so I've gone ahead and pushed the package for testing to my PPA
(I'm afraid it doesn't have the  launchpad bug number in the changelog).

Scanning through the downloads page upstream
(http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/download.php) there doesn't appear to be
any notes to downstream about any incompatible changes that have been
introduced (infact for the last incompatible change they bumped from 7
to 8).

My Use Case:-

Before upgrade (0.3.0) my sandisk sansa clip didn't function under Linux
in MTP mode, it wouldn't appear in banshee and mtpfs locked up quite
badly.

Post upgrade (0.3.7) the sansa clip was detected by banshee and was
listed in the UI.

I will continue to do further testing of the package and report back -
it would also be good to get some other testing feedback.

** Affects: jaunty-backports
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Please backport libmtp8 from karmic to jaunty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388409
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