#1019701 RFP: rpi-imager -- Raspberry Pi Imaging Utility

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Francois Marier
Date:
2025-11-29 16:51:39 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1019701#5
Date:
2022-09-13 16:21:20 UTC
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To:
* Package name    : rpi-imager
  Version         : 1.7.3
  Upstream Author : Raspberry Pi
* URL             : https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager
* License         : Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Raspberry Pi Imaging Utility

Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and
other operating systems (but not Debian) to a microSD card, ready to use
with your Raspberry Pi.
#1019701#10
Date:
2022-10-13 12:49:22 UTC
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To:
Hello Francois,

I've contacted the upstream authors about this prospective package [1].

They indicated that there is not a desire to have their package in Debian due
to the long release cycle. There are a few changes that would need to be made
but without their interest or consent, it seems stuck. It is in good shape and
would be easy to put into Debian due to most of the packaging (e.g. /debian)

being done, however.

[1] https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/issues/493

Thank you,

Lance Lin <lqi254@protonmail.com>
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#1019701#15
Date:
2023-03-07 13:27:09 UTC
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Hi Francois, Lin,

I'm the maintainer for the current Ubuntu packaging of rpi-imager [1].
If Debian's interested in adding this, there's a few changes in the
Ubuntu packaging that *might* interest Debian (in particular the bits
that include the JSON schema documentation, and patch out the privacy
violations that lintian then warns about, and possibly the d/watch file
as well).

I'm currently prepping the packaging for 1.7.4 but it's a little
complicated by the new "no-big-endian" check [2] which obviously breaks
the s390x build. I should probably just disable that build but a part of
me is tempted to "just fix it"!

Oh, and 1.7.4 also includes the man-page that I previously patched into
1.7.3 [3].

Anyway, do feel free to grab anything from there if it's wanted!

[1]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpi-imager/1.7.3+noembed-0ubuntu1

[2]: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/commit/142ddfc0370e75a2f49e8c119e5b467f38e6f839

[3]: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/pull/491

Best regards,

Dave Jones.