[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1738630] Re: [improvement] xkb configuration cannot be extended without rebuilding xkb-data package

2018-08-18 Thread Rene Schickbauer
I've run into the same problem. Yes, a "plugin"-type system would solve the problem. To get in on par with other Xorg config stuff, it should be able to read system wide configurations provided by the admin, but possibly also enable user specific layouts from their home directory (so i don't have

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1787456] [NEW] Locally modified keyboard layouts overwritten on update without asking the user

2018-08-16 Thread Rene Schickbauer
Public bug reported: Locally modified keyboard layouts are overwritten on package upgrades (in my case from 16.04 to 18.04) without asking if the user wants to keep the local version or install the maintainers version. This leads to problems and extra work for the system administrator. The corre