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Bug#740093: marked as done (gpointing-device-settings: Should this package be removed?)

Your message dated Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:49:41 +0000
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and subject line Bug#809126: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #740093,
regarding gpointing-device-settings: Should this package be removed?
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Package: gpointing-device-settings
Version: 1.5.1-6
Severity: wishlist

Looking at the bugs in gpointing-device-settings, I think the package
could be removed instead of fixed.

This package is
* orphaned since 2010-10-05 (#599164)
* segfaulting on startup on some machines (#738569)
* FTBFS, possibly a bug in automake (#725593)
* FTBFS with gtk+-2.22: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631068
* Removed from testing since 2013-11-06.

On the other hand:
* 470 popcon votes (using, not just installed)
* Is in the stable release.
* The causes of a segfault and the non-automake FTBFS are known.

For mice, this gives a GUI for settings emulating a 3-button or
wheel-mouse.  It also has touchpad settings.  But even if those settings
are used, they're no longer reliable (#601178, #615092 #646444).

Reliable (but command-line) alternatives exist for this, as given in
those bug reports.  When using a wheel-mouse, I can't find those options
in the more recent Gnome or KDE UIs, but they might only be shown if a
non-wheel mouse is attached.

Having asked on #debian:
<stevecotton> Please could someone tell me, does anyone use wheel-less mice any more?
<sney> wheel-less is the only option on some non-x86 arches 
<sney> especially older machines with non-usb ports for input 

This package also shows settings for graphics tablets, but those
definitely do have replacement UIs in recent Gnome and KDE.

Steve

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Version: 1.5.1-6+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package gpointing-device-settings has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/809126

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org.

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pp.
Luca Falavigna (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)

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