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Bug#1003021: x11-utils: luit - please upgrade



Package: x11-utils
Version: 7.7+5
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * The version of luit in x11-utils is very old, and its nominal upstream
     is defunct.

     https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2018-August/057386.html

     See this for a summary of the relationship of "xorg luit" to luit:

     https://invisible-island.net/luit/#metrics

   * Prior discussion with the package maintainers had no effect.

   * To remedy the situation, I propose to
   
     a) modify x11-utils, making its copy of luit configurable via
        the alternatives feature (renaming it to "luit1", accessed as "luit")

     b) to provide an up-to-date package for luit as "luit2", also
        of course configurable via the alternatives feature.

     c) After some time, the copy in x11-utils can be replaced by a
        "recommends".

     Incidentally, doing this would fix #816289

The point of this bug report is to get feedback on "a" (modify x11-utils).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages x11-utils depends on:
ii  libc6           2.33-1
ii  libfontconfig1  2.13.1-4.2
ii  libfontenc1     1:1.1.4-1
ii  libgl1          1.3.4-2+b1
ii  libx11-6        2:1.7.2-2+b1
ii  libx11-xcb1     2:1.7.2-2+b1
ii  libxaw7         2:1.0.13.1-20191125
ii  libxcb-shape0   1.14-3
ii  libxcb1         1.14-3
ii  libxcomposite1  1:0.4.5-1
ii  libxext6        2:1.3.4-1
ii  libxft2         2.3.2-2
ii  libxi6          2:1.8-1
ii  libxinerama1    2:1.1.4-2
ii  libxkbfile1     1:1.1.0-1
ii  libxmu6         2:1.1.2-2+b3
ii  libxmuu1        2:1.1.2-2+b3
ii  libxrandr2      2:1.5.2-1
ii  libxrender1     1:0.9.10-1
hi  libxt6          1:1.2.0-20190617
ii  libxtst6        2:1.2.3-1
ii  libxv1          2:1.0.11-1
ii  libxxf86dga1    2:1.1.4-1+b3
ii  libxxf86vm1     1:1.1.4-1+b2

x11-utils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages x11-utils suggests:
ii  mesa-utils  8.4.0-1+b2

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