I'm filing this case as self review and automatic approval for Javier
Acosta. Seeks minor binding.
Suresh
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
xkeyboard-config update from v1.4 to v1.6
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Javier Acosta
1.3 Date of This Document:
13 August, 2009
4. Technical Description
OVERVIEW
This case is to upgrade our XKB data from xkeyboard-config v1.4 to
xkeyboard-config v1.6.
Currently Solaris Nevada and OpenSolaris use xkeyboard-config v1.4 as
its primary source of the XKB data. The xkeyboard-config is part of the
freedesktop project and it is actively maintained and upgraded; the
latest available version is v1.6 which includes several bugs fixed (36)
and new configuration components added. With this case Solaris Nevada
and OpenSolaris would be "up-stream" with other Linux distributions in
terms of compatibility and number of keyboard layouts available.
After the upgrade, we believe that there will be many more new keyboard
layout symbols for several countries and regions of the world, more
variants for existing and for new keyboard layouts, support for
additional models of physical keyboards, updated geometries and
keycodes, and such that are 100% compatible with other Linux
distributions and also widely accepted by various user communities in
the world.
In directory structure also, there will be no significant differences
between the current one and the one that will be provided by the
upgrade of xkeyboard-config.
One visible difference will be that the handling of server keys and X
server termination are separated into different xkb option groups.
INTERFACE STABILITY
Exported interfaces are like the following. There is no imported interface
that is significant.
Interfaces Stability Description
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/usr/X11/lib/X11/xkb/* Uncommitted XKB definition files & directories.
REFERENCES
[1] PSARC/2009/117 Self Review
[2] OSR #12375 xkeyboard-config v. 1.6 (inbound review)
[3] OSR #11059 xkeyboard-config v. 1.4 (inbound review)
[4] OSR #11093 XKeyboardConfig (outbound review)
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
G11N
6.5. ARC review type: Automatic
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
