On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 10:41:54AM +0200, Alexia Death wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Peter Hutterer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/12/10 17:18 , Alexia Death wrote: > >> On this I respectfully disagree. It may be beneficial to actively know > >> what serial is on the tablet, but as long as some of the configuration > >> is manual, being able to access the last known serial/type without > >> having to keep the pen on the tablet while issue the xsetwacom command > >> on my keyboard is also sort of important I don't have 3 hands and the > >> pens, with the exception of airbrush tend to just roll off when left > >> on their own. So please don't remove them. > > > > I thought the plan is to fork off additional devices as new serials come and > > go? If we do that, the serial for each tablet is always static and > > old_serial carries no information. What am I missing here? > > That's the long term plan yes, but in the short term, having default > devices and learning the ID-s from xsetwacom and putting them into > xorg match sniplet to have them present at plug-in is also a required > usecase. Removing them from properties when that is no-longer needed > and auto-spawning works would be fine.
what is short-term and long-term here? the inertia we face is huge. first, we need to update the driver, release it, then wait for distros to ship it. then clients will start using the features we ship and with a bit of luck we might actually get the feature to the user. we're talking about months, not weeks. so if implementing the hotplug mechanism takes 2 or 4 weeks, that's short-term. Cheers, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
