Package: x11-utils
Version: 7.7+5
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* The version of luit in x11-utils is very old, and its nominal upstream
is defunct.
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2018-August/057386.html
See this for a summary of the relationship of "xorg luit" to luit:
https://invisible-island.net/luit/#metrics
* Prior discussion with the package maintainers had no effect.
* To remedy the situation, I propose to
a) modify x11-utils, making its copy of luit configurable via
the alternatives feature (renaming it to "luit1", accessed as "luit")
b) to provide an up-to-date package for luit as "luit2", also
of course configurable via the alternatives feature.
c) After some time, the copy in x11-utils can be replaced by a
"recommends".
Incidentally, doing this would fix #816289
The point of this bug report is to get feedback on "a" (modify x11-utils).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages x11-utils depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.13.1-4.2
ii libfontenc1 1:1.1.4-1
ii libgl1 1.3.4-2+b1
ii libx11-62:1.7.2-2+b1
ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.7.2-2+b1
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.13.1-20191125
ii libxcb-shape0 1.14-3
ii libxcb1 1.14-3
ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.5-1
ii libxext62:1.3.4-1
ii libxft2 2.3.2-2
ii libxi6 2:1.8-1
ii libxinerama12:1.1.4-2
ii libxkbfile1 1:1.1.0-1
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-2+b3
ii libxmuu12:1.1.2-2+b3
ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.2-1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1
hi libxt6 1:1.2.0-20190617
ii libxtst62:1.2.3-1
ii libxv1 2:1.0.11-1
ii libxxf86dga12:1.1.4-1+b3
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-1+b2
x11-utils recommends no packages.
Versions of packages x11-utils suggests:
ii mesa-utils 8.4.0-1+b2
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