#1120356 calibre: Please backport current calibre version

Package:
calibre
Source:
calibre
Submitter:
gpe
Date:
2025-11-23 04:43:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1120356#5
Date:
2025-11-07 23:30:31 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

Thanks to backport current calibre versions.

BR,

gpe
#1120356#10
Date:
2025-11-08 01:22:25 UTC
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Hi,

gpe <gpe92@free.fr> writes:

I've been doing calibre backports for years, and I'll continue to do
backports, but this feels awfully soon after trixie's release...  What
features do you need from the new version?

Cheers,
Nicholas
#1120356#15
Date:
2025-11-08 22:53:36 UTC
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Le vendredi 07 novembre 2025 à 20:22 -0500, Nicholas D Steeves a
écrit :

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.
I'm looking for AI functionality and support for last Kobo firmware.

BR,

gpe
#1120356#20
Date:
2025-11-09 01:25:39 UTC
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gpe92 <gpe92@free.fr> writes:

Wow, Kobo is releasing firmware several months earlier than they used
to!

No idea about "AI functionality"...  Yokota, have you reviewed the
additions related to this?  Some of them are definitely non-free, and
there is a line between main and contrib (where a package or plugin
depends on non-free things).  Hypothetically speaking, it might be
necessary to DFSG-clean these, or ship them as an addon in contrib...or
they might be fine.

I'll upload the new dependency to backports right now, and will wait to
hear back about the above before testing and uploading Calibre.

Cheers,
Nicholas.
#1120356#27
Date:
2025-11-09 05:19:27 UTC
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Hello Nicholas,

This feature is discussed on upstream pull request:

And available since Calibre 8.11.0/8.11.1.
See changelog:
user's questions to the AI.
This feature requires each AI's API key and connect them with this key.
You must acquire API key before use this feature.

This feature is fully network based, so there is no needs extra
programs but needs API key.
You can select your AI from:
* GitHub AI
* Google AI
* Ollama AI
* Open Router

Ollama AI will works your local machine, so we needs to make new
Debian package if you wants Ollama AI.

If you already have API key and setup it for Calibre, you can use AI
with this methods:
1. Open some e-Book
2. Select words from e-Book text
3. Choose "Lookup/search selected word [L]" from selection menu and
opens "Lookup" panel
4. Select "Ask AI" tab in the panel
5. Ask to AI about your questions from the panel

You can examine this feature in upstream from here:

PS:
Kobo driver was updated since Calibre 8.5.0 several times like:
#1120356#32
Date:
2025-11-23 02:45:20 UTC
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Hi Yokota,

yokota <yokota.hgml@gmail.com> writes:

Thank you for the summary.  So at this time Calibre provides a wrapper
for predominantly non-free services.

Would you please file an RFP (Request for Packaging) in the wnpp
package?  I hope that Ollama isn't useless without ToxicCandy...
https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2024/10/msg00007.html

Regards,
Nicholas
#1120356#39
Date:
2025-11-23 04:41:26 UTC
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Hello Nicholas,

Ollama already has ITP.
Please ask to Debian Go packaging team for current status of Ollama package.
Ollama is just a AI processing program.
You also needs AI model data.
I think some of model data might not so DFSG compatible.
See model library on Ollama site.