On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 1:32 AM, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 09:49:48AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 24-02-15 18:34, drago01 wrote: >> >On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>Hi All, >> >> >> >>As described here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibinputForXorg >> >> >> >>We've been working on making xorg-x11-drv-libinput the default input driver >> >>for the Xorg xserver under Fedora 22. All the necessary changes for this are >> >>in place for the GNOME and KDE desktops. So starting with the next Fedora 22 >> >>compose new Fedora 22 Workstation installations will be using >> >>xorg-x11-drv-libinput instead of the -evdev and -synaptics drivers. >> >> >> >>For existing installations the move to libinput will not happen >> >>automatically, as we have not added a hard dependency on >> >>xorg-x11-drv-libinput so the XFCE, LXDE, etc. spins can keep using the old >> >>drivers until they have adopted their mouse/touchpad configuration settings >> >>tools to also work with xorg-x11-drv-libinput. >> >> >> >>If you're running F-22 with GNOME or KDE, please do the following to switch >> >>to the new driver: >> >> >> >>"sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-libinput" >> >> >> >>And let us know if you experience any issues while using the new driver. >> > >> >So we'd have two sets of users ... those who upgraded and those how >> >reinstalled running different drivers for the same hardware? >> >> Yes, we need to maintain both stacks for a while anyways for e.g. lxde users, >> etc. Given that XFCE now supports libinput too, we could reconsider this >> and make xorg-drv-libinput a hard dep of the X server so that everyone gets >> it, but officially we are past the end of the feature merge window. >> >> Peter, any thoughts on this ? > > not this cycle, IMO. there are some behaviour changes between > evdev/synaptics and libinput. That's fine for a new install, but changing > that on update can be considered a regression for some. At least > for F22 I think we should leave things as is. Well going by the workstation PRD: "Upgrading the system multiple times through the upgrade process should give *a result that is the same as an original install of Fedora Workstation*. [...] " (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Workstation_PRD#Overall_plans_and_policies_for_the_product) if it is good enough for new installs it is good enough for upgrades. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
