2011/11/30 Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>: > intrigeri <[email protected]> (30/11/2011): >> While most of what Tails need is already in squeeze-backports, we also >> ship two packages that are currently missing; namely: >> xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse and xserver-xorg-video-geode. The former is >> at least useful when run under VirtualBox and the later is needed to >> support some older "thin clients" and netbooks. >> >> Would anyone be kind enough to help Tails by backporting those two >> packages? > > backporting the former should be easy. I almost never touched Geode, you > may want to talk to its maintainer (not us, added to Cc). If packaging > is standard(ish), I could also backport it if its maintainer doesn't > want to do it.
The Geode package can be backported as-is since its debian/rules and build-depends are backward-compatible with previous Debian releases. I can use the exact same Debian source (tar.gz, diff.gz, dsc) to build packages even down to oldstable if needed. Best Regards, Martin-Éric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capzxpqdkoctwyfqkqtmvf92nk0pqapvizuqjh6ubqzsyuzc...@mail.gmail.com
