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From: "Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <hkBst@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: 14 X input drivers
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:34
Message-Id: 4A5B4B06.4080400@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: 14 X input drivers by "Rémi Cardona"
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4 � wrote:
5 > # R�mi Cardona <remi@g.o> (13 Jul 2009)
6 > # broken and unmaintained by upstream, masked for removal in 30 days
7 > # see bug #277521 for more info
8 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-calcomp
9 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-digitaledge
10 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-dmc
11 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-dynapro
12 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-elo2300
13 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-jamstudio
14 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-magellan
15 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-magictouch
16 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-microtouch
17 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-palmax
18 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-spaceorb
19 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-summa
20 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-tek4957
21 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-ur98
22 >
23 > All of those are marked as unsupported by upstream and their git code no
24 > longer builds (./configure was made to abort on purpose).
25
26 Why were they marked "unsupported" by upstream? Is there a replacement, are they
27 no longer needed, some other reason?
28
29 Marijn
30
31 - --
32 If you cannot read my mind, then listen to what I say.
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34 Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML
35 <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: 14 X input drivers "Rémi Cardona" <remi@g.o>