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Bug#1028362: xserver-xorg: Please add a Recommends on mesa-vulkan-drivers, along libgl1-mesa-dri



Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.7+23
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: pedretti.fabio@gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

xserver-xorg properly Recommends libgl1-mesa-dri, with OpenGL mesa
drivers, however it doesn't Recommends mesa-vulkan-drivers, with
Vulkan mesa drivers.

This way when using some Debian packaged apps or games (optionally)
supporting Vulkan, like warzone2100 >= 4.3.3-2 we are unable to use it
(when enabling Vulkan inside the game).

So, please add it, since Vulkan is becoming widely used in a desktop
environment.

Note: ubuntu is already doing this in its xserver-xorg package since
1:7.7+19ubuntu10 years ago, see also
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1742714 .

Thanks.

Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
pn  x11-xkb-utils                               <none>
ii  xkb-data                                    2.35.1-1
pn  xserver-xorg-core                           <none>
pn  xserver-xorg-input-all | xorg-driver-input  <none>
pn  xserver-xorg-video-all | xorg-driver-video  <none>

Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri      22.3.2-1
pn  xserver-xorg-legacy  <none>

xserver-xorg suggests no packages.


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