While this bug report seems to have veered offtrack a bit, the original discussion appears to me to be a difference of opinion about the default behavior, where the current behavior matches expectations for one class of user but not another. It sounds like the original behavior in the bug report has changed, so perhaps some of the original problems are not occurring.
Given there is not an apparent consensus from the comments, and that the current behavior matches both Windows behavior and established specs (as per comment #16), then it sounds like the default behavior should be left as is. While it might not match everyone's expectations, at least it is configurable. If you disagree and still think changes should be considered, I'd ask that you file a new bug with a clear proposal of what to change. I think such changes will need to be presented for upstream to consider before making changes in Ubuntu. ** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/73240 Title: German keyboard layout - deadkeys by default -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs