Bug#483107: RFH: hotkey-setup -- auto-configures laptop hotkeys

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Petter,

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:

> The hotkey-setup package is used to map special keys to key events,
> which is required to get laptop keys to work properly.  I'm not sure
> if it is still required, as I have seen some messages indicating that
> a new framework is being worked on.

Thanks for your work at making sure Debian has good hardware support.

The kernel is supposed to take care of making hotkeys emit the proper
codes these days.  I am already swamped so I will not be subscribing
to hotkey-setup through the PTS, but if someone complains of lack of
support for hotkeys (or finds themselves needing to install
hotkey-setup for any reason) then please feel free to redirect their
questions to me by cc-ing linux@packages.debian.org.

Thanks!

Hope that helps,
Jonathan