Re: Bug#826008: xserver-xorg-input-multitouch -- new version available

[Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>]

Hi,

2017-05-03 7:11 GMT+09:00 Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>:
> Control: retitle -1 xserver-xorg-input-multitouch -- new version available
>

Current installed vetsion is 1.0~rc2+git20110312-2, not 1.0~rc2.
This version includes following commit:

> git log --pretty=oneline v1.0-rc2..v1.0-rc3
> 55ab6c4ecb43e6f2ec34b36533ef308d00a709e4 xf86-input-multitouch v1.0-rc3
> 4d87c041f6a232aa30528d70d4b9946d1824b4ed Four finger swipes in multitouch
> afbbc4b9470869933223e3970c7a63f1c52c1d69 Makefile: make LIBDIR configurable
> 161026ce49526593d0ebfd96a7c087e3e1b0f9f5 Add missing thumb reset at state extraction
> 1db2e14bed379bbf1c5f3140a903437b146c5cce Fix event flood in tap handling
> a12ed738095819beab0b42c6c8a1566c063bb79e Support XINPUT 12
>
> Are these features available using another driver?  Given how I've
> seen Macbook powerusers use their touchpads, four finger swipes are
> fairly important.  Also, what is the severity of missing XINPUT 12
> support?
>

We can use xserver-xorg-input-mtrack instead of xserver-xorg-input-multitouch.
Could you use xserver-xorg-input-mtrack?

> Cheers,
> Nicholas
>
> P.S. Please CC Bug #826008 and me

Best regards,
  Nobuhiro

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