Debian 11 support?

[edrikk]

Hi,

As far as I understand, AD does not support Python 3.
With Debian 11 removing Python 2, is there any chance of/timeline for AD being patched to support python 3, or is the platform at a dead end with Debian 10?

[mathewss]

It will happen eventually but not sure when. I have LTS support on the current distribution Buster for several more years so I had not put this into a priority state 'yet'. I am looking for anyone willing to do the work in porting and I would be willing to help fund such work as I am currently tied up on the new IoT C++ embedded API code for the rest of this year. Next year likely I will have more time and be willing to switch from C++ to Python for a few months

Best
SM

[edrikk]

Hi there @mathewss

It seems Debian Buster will no longer be receiving security updates.
Any chance some time could be spent in updating the webui so that we can do a dist-upgrade to Debian 11?

It will happen eventually but not sure when. I have LTS support on the current distribution Buster for several more years so I had not put this into a priority state 'yet'. I am looking for anyone willing to do the work in porting and I would be willing to help fund such work as I am currently tied up on the new IoT C++ embedded API code for the rest of this year. Next year likely I will have more time and be willing to switch from C++ to Python for a few months

Best
SM

[mathewss]

Unfortunately this update will require more time than I have currently. The core Python code is one problem and then we have the gunicorn web code that will require a lot of changes to work.

What services do you use? I have a new C++ API and am considering a port to run on any Linux system. Just looking for what parts are needed most so I can prioritize.

Best
SM

[edrikk]

Thanks! That would be amazing as it would streamline codebase (ie fixes) and allow for the underlying OS to update as well!

I’m terms of services being use, that’s a harder one to answer as I use HomeAssistant https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alarmdecoder/ to integrate with AD. I’m not sure what services that depends on, although I assume Ser2Sock is a major one.

From a WebUI perspective I only check to see if there any firmware or git updates.

[edrikk]

Unfortunately this update will require more time than I have currently. The core Python code is one problem and then we have the gunicorn web code that will require a lot of changes to work.

Hi @mathewss

What services do you use? I have a new C++ API and am considering a port to run on any Linux system. Just looking for what parts are needed most so I can prioritize.

Best
SM

To add, I have recently switched to HomeBridge, and it uses the "Notifications" functionality of Alarm Decoder.

Just wondering what your thoughts are on this / if there is any thoughts one when this could be at least updated to Debian 12 now which was just released on LTS Kernel 6.1.

Thanks!

[edrikk]

Unfortunately this update will require more time than I have currently. The core Python code is one problem and then we have the gunicorn web code that will require a lot of changes to work.

Hi again,

What services do you use? I have a new C++ API and am considering a port to run on any Linux system. Just looking for what parts are needed most so I can prioritize.

Best
SM

To add, I have recently switched to HomeBridge, and it uses the "Notifications" functionality of Alarm Decoder.

Just wondering what your thoughts are on this / if there is any thoughts one when this could be at least updated to Debian 12 now which was just released on LTS Kernel 6.1.

Thanks!