FS#44223 - [xorg-server] Xorg does not depend on evdev

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mateusz Lemusisk (MRLemux) - Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 14:23 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 06:31 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
xf86-input-evdev is not a hard dependency of Xorg, as other
modules (like xf86-input-libinput)may also provide input support

In my view, were are two options:

* Add an provides definition to every package which provides input support, and let users choose at install time

* Delete xf86-input-evdev from depends and handle them manually (As we do
for the video drivers)

I'm in favour of the first option, because, unlike video drivers, you
can choose your input provider freely.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 06:31 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#43856 

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