sam g <sam.grayson.ubuntu@gmail.com> (18/05/2013):
> I noticed that the package xserver-xorg-input-evtouch is in the squeeze
> (oldstable) and sid (unstable), but not in wheezy (stable) or jessie
> (testing). I have 3 questions about this.
No, not in sid:
$ rmadison xserver-xorg-input-evtouch
xserver-xorg-input-evtouch | 0.8.8-4 | squeeze | amd64, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, sparc
From http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xf86-input-evtouch.html you get:
This package is neither part of unstable nor experimental. This
probably means that the package has been removed (or has been
renamed).
From http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals-2011.txt you get:
Closed bugs: 612186
aka. http://bugs.debian.org/612186
> 1 Is this package going away? Will it be included in further debian
> releases?
It's gone already.
> 2 If it is going away, what is the recomended way to set up a touch screen
> with debian?
evdev or wacom handle most of them AFAICT.
> 3 If it is not going away, is it safe to install the squeeze version of the
> package?
No, since it depends on squeeze's server.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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