Bug#207481: xserver-xfree86: proposed debconf overhaul
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:56, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Michel Dänzer [Wed, Aug 27 2003, 05:26:19PM]:
> > > > should a Debian package really special-case buggy non-free software?
> > >
> > > So? The framebuffer driver in the kernel is non-free? Please look where
> > > "nvidia" is read from.
> >
> > It still doesn't make sense as the nv driver supports Option "UseFBDev".
>
> Sure, but show me any case where you need it.
So we now decide for our users what they (don't) need or (don't) want?
Option "SWcursor" is only needed in a minority of cases as well (and
then it's a driver bug which should simply be fixed), but you even want
to make it the default. I smell an inconsistency here.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
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