tags 320136 fixed-in-experimental thanks On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:26:28PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > i'm thirding this request. EnableWheelTimeout would be very useful > for me. > > Alternatively, i'd be satisfied if debian would use the > EmulateWheelClickToo [0] patch, which has arguably better semantics > for those of us with TrackPoint devices (but may work worse for people > with regular mice). > > it's unclear to me why neither patch has made it into the debian X.org > sources, since at least EnableWheelTimeout has been committed to the > main line for 11 months [1]. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xorg]$ grep -ir EmulateWheelTimeout > xorg-x11-6.8.2.dfsg.1/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xorg]$ grep -ir EmulateWheelClickToo > xorg-x11-6.8.2.dfsg.1/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xorg]$ zgrep -i enablewheel /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg/* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xorg]$ > > If both patchsets are Considered Harmful for some reason, at least > some documentation of the decision should appear in the documentation. > > Thanks for maintaining the debian xorg packages! it's very exciting > to have this work in etch.
These patches aren't considered harmful, but I've feature-frozen the 6.8 packages at this time. Thus, only fixes that affect Debian packaging issues like upgrades, or more serious bugs, will go in. The patch you want is in the 6.9rc0 packages that are currently in experimental, so it is forthcoming and available to you if you really need it. The main reason is that I'm currently strapped for manpower on these packages, and I want to direct as much energy as possible towards getting the new packages ready so that when they are released by upstream we can get them to you in a more timely fashion than in the past. I hope the 6.9 packages work out for you, and if not, I hope you can at least wait for them to hit unstable and/or testing. Thanks! - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
