On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:23:43PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 03:56:58PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > Package: x11-utils > > Version: 7.7+5 > > Severity: normal > ... > > a) modify x11-utils, making its copy of luit configurable via > > the alternatives feature (renaming it to "luit1", accessed as "luit") > > I've implemented that here: > > https://salsa.debian.org/dickey/x11-utils/-/commit/bcf8729a50c5034875526b05380b4abbab539836 > > > > > b) to provide an up-to-date package for luit as "luit2", also > > of course configurable via the alternatives feature. > > as well as this, here: > > https://salsa.debian.org/dickey/luit/-/commit/087e3504e384915244a06e39bfbcaf7524ad4faa > > > 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). looking at https://lists.debian.org/cgi-bin/search?P=luit&DEFAULTOP=or&B=Gdebian-x&SORT=0&HITSPERPAGE=10&xP=luit&xFILTERS=Gdebian-x%7E-%7E%7E4294967295 this issue has been mentioned several times without any response from XStrikeForce. I'm the upstream developer for luit and xterm, but am not a Debian Developer. I'm looking for a sponsor for the changes (and having that in place, would allow updating the xterm package to close #904572). -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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