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flashprog: add the additional project after flashrom developer split in 2023

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Description

Package Name

flashprog

Maintainer

none

OpenWrt Version

ANY

OpenWrt Target/Subtarget

ANY

Steps to Reproduce

The last time the flashrom package got updated in OpenWrt was the beginning of the year 2023. Since then there was a important change in the flashrom ecosystem. There was a split at the core developers. Now there are two independent projects out there each containing different functionality. Sometimes you need flashrom, sometimes you need flashrprog.

It is important to have both packages in OpenWrt to have the full functionality for flashing related workloads.
https://flashprog.org

Actual Behaviour

Currently only flashrom is part of the OpenWrt packages. Just updating it https://github.com/openwrt/packages/issues/29590 , wont add all the functions that have been added since 2023 to the flashing functionality toolset.

Confirmation Checklist

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing flashrom package and the OpenWrt package contribution guidance, then compare the flashprog project at flashprog.org with the related update issue #29590. Done means OpenWrt packages both flashrom and flashprog so the two post-2023 toolsets are available.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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