Re: [kbd] [PATCH] kbd_mode: Add -f option and deny dangerous mode switches without it

Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:40:40 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.kbd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 03:05:57PM +0200, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> Hi Alexey,
> 
> Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2019.
> máj. 8., Sze, 11:19):
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 05:38:07PM +0200, Balint Reczey wrote:
> > > kbd_mode(1) already had a warning but kbd_mode still performed all
> > > mode changes even when they made keyboards unusable.
> > >
> > > The added flag let's the callers try safe changes or force the risky
> > > ones. This change may break scripts but the broken scripts most likely
> > > made the keyboard unusable and should be updated.
> > >
> > > Original bug report at:
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kbd/+bug/520546
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Balint Reczey <[email protected]>
> >
> > It sounds sane. Applied. Thanks!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> When do you plan making the next release?
> It would be nice to have this change widely tested in distributions.
> Debian starts a new release cycle soon and Ubuntu is around the middle
> of the LTS cycle, too, thus we could start testing a new kbd release
> soon.

I'm planning a new release at the end of the month or the beginning of the
next.

-- 
Rgrds, legion