FS#48858 - [gnome-desktop] Can we make xf86-input-libinput and libinput dependencies or opt-depends?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Britt Yazel (brittyazel) - Sunday, 10 April 2016, 03:09 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 14 October 2016, 07:24 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Many people are hitting issues today with the update to 3.20 due to still running xf86-input-synaptics (or other), rather than xf86-input-libinput (or libinput directly) which is now mandated under gnome for proper functionality. They just aren't aware of this new dependency and are treating it as if it is a bug rather than a design decision
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Friday, 14 October 2016, 07:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  People don't read optdepends. GNOME works perfectly fine with whatever input driver you choose, it's just that you can't configure non-libinput devices from the control panel anymore.

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