Re: Bug#935589: cdimage.debian.org: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package missing in xfce-CD-1 iso

Julien Cristau <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:39:13 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.desktop,gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot
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On Tue, Sep  3, 2019 at 10:32:11 +0200, BjÃ¸rn Mork wrote:

> But you can't really expect users to look at xserver-xorg-input-libinput
> at all.  Why should they?  There is no pointer to it from the "obsolete"
> package.  What kind of deprecation is that? Most users will probably
> read the first lines of the verbose xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> description, see "enable advanced features of the Synaptics Touchpad",
> and think "YES! I want that!".
> 
Users shouldn't have to think about it.  It's our job to make our
install process do the right thing in the first place.

Cheers,
Julien