On Tuesday 21 May 2019 11:41:00 am Curt wrote: > On 2019-05-21, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > This to me is a bug that needs fixed. No sense in denying someone > > using > > There are already oldenbugs flurrying around the question, Gene. > > Here's one from 2012: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=667616 > > tags 667616 + wontfix > > Arthur Magill, le Thu 05 Apr 2012 13:10:27 +0200, a écrit : > > Can brltty be convinced not to grab this connection? > > It could, but we don't want to, as it would break brltty for people > who use the braille devices with chips using that ID, making the > computer completely unusable for them, really not a good thing. > > writes Monsieur THIBAULT > > > braile facilities being denied the use of such adapters. Thats > > discriminatory. And its a bug that could potentially generate a > > lawsuit. So I'm going to add the debian-user list to the CC: Maybe > > someone else with more experience at navigating their way thru > > bugzilla can do it based on what I've written here. > > We are positively discriminating in favor of the blind. > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Then perhaps the better question is why was it running on a new stretch install? I think it probably could be fixed to keep both camps happy. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>