Ron wrote:
> Andreas is correct in saying that most people with a recent kernel
> version will not need this source package. The mainline driver has
> been updated several times since this package came into being.
>
> The linux-wacom source is only needed by a minority of users with
> hardware that has had support added since the last mainline kernel
> sync.
>
> What we really need to do to make the the source package (more) useful
> is update to the most recent upstream version. I've been erring on the
> side of not doing that until the etch freeze is over, since the current
> binary tools and X driver seem to be fairly reasonably release candidates,
> and that is what most people seem to need from that for now.
>
> How big an issue do other people see this bug? What should we do about
> it for etch?
For Etch it's too late to include newer driver snapshots, unless they
fix RC bugs.
Generally I'm not a fan of external driver snapshots providing a more
recent version than linux-2.6. They're a PITA to track security-support-wise
when they get shipped in a stable release, they confuse users and they
sometimes introduce additional bugs due when kernel API changes break things.
So, I'd recommend to remove wacom-source from sid as well.
Cheers,
Moritz
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