Bug#827018: xserver-xorg-input-all: Don't depend on x-x-input-synaptics

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 11:35:48 +0200, Nicolas LE CAM wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-input-all
> Version: 1:7.7+15
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> As of x-x-input-synaptics 1.8.3-2, my touchpad (on an Asus UX303) has become a basic mouse (previously tapping, scrolling etc were working) and I can't revert back as task-desktop depends on x-x-input-all, which depends on x-x-input-synaptics.
> 
> This is due to a change in synaptics package to make it be used instead of libinput if both are installed.
> The rationnal for that, as explained in the commit, is :
> "The synaptics driver is more of a leaf package than libinput (which covers a multitude of device types) and can be removed by default. When specifically installed by the user, the synaptics driver should override the system default."
> 
> So IMHO synaptics shouldn't be installed by default.
> 
That would break all non-gnome environments.

Cheers,
Julien