[needs-packaging] ship scanModem by default

Bug #404866 reported by Jerzy Jalocha N
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Bug Description

scanModem (http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz) is a tool that is required when you want to set-up your modem under linux, and you need to identify your modem.

This tool should definitely be shipped and installed by default, because a user who is trying to install a modem might have no other means to connect to the Internet. Thus, today, a user without an Internet connection can't install his modem, because he must have access to some other computer with Internet access. This can be very painful for some people in remote areas of the world.

Modem set-up under Linux can be painful enough, so please let's help these people! (Remember, without Internet access, you can't download things, and you don't have access to online documentation, forums or chat.)

Here is the official documentation page: "Identifying your modem" https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/modem-identify.html

And here is a use case of a lost Ubuntu user: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1183360

Philip Muškovac (yofel)
summary: - ship scanModem by default
+ [needs-packaging] ship scanModem by default
tags: added: needs-packaging
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

*** This is an automated message ***

This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

Changed in ubuntu:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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