On 1/18/07, Dave M G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ping, LinuxWacom-discuss,
I see on the SourceFourge project page that the bug that I was referring
to in this thread has been fixed, and is scheduled to release in the
0.7.7-2 release of the LinuxWacom drivers.
The new driver package will be posted at linucwacom next week.
What is not clear to me, though, is how the drivers make their way from
being available on the LinuxWacom page at SourceForge to being a package
in a repository available for largely automatic install.
We, linuxwacom project, submit Wacom kernel driver changes to
kernel.orgregularly. All the other programs, Wacom X driver and its
utilities, are
individual OS vendor's choice as to when and how to include them.
Nor is it clear
to me who makes the decisions or is doing the work of maintaining the
package in the repository.
There is no centralized repository for all Linux OS vendors to keep track of
their changes. Each vendor has their own database.
Ages ago, my first attempts at installing the LinuxWacom drivers from
the source available on the web page were met with mixed results.
Installing and upgrading from the repositories has been a huge help to me.
I am sure you are talking about a specific vendor's repository. Not this
project's. We can not control their repositories, such as Ubuntu's.
However, I notice that the repositories don't follow a clear pattern for
upgrades.
We can not ask OS vendors to upgrade when they are not ready.
They certainly don't become available with each advance on the
SourceForge site. The currently available package in the Ubuntu
repositories is 0.7.2. The current release on the web site is 0.7.7.
So I'm wondering what my options are for getting this much desired
bug-fix featured release when it's available.
So far, following the steps listed at linuxwacom.sf to install the most
recent release is the only way to keep current. From 0.7.7, I have modified
the install script under prebuilt to enable you to install all X related
programs without building them on your system. But, kernel driver has to be
compiled on your system.
Can I take the code off
the SourceForge web site and somehow overwrite it on what I already have
so as to not have to do a full (and historically unsuccessful) manual
install?
Are you talking about X driver or kernel driver? From kernel 2.6.18, you
don't need to rebuilt the whole kernel. Only wacom.ko is needed.
Is there anyone I can ask nicely and politely if they will
consider making it available in the repositories?
Do you mean Ubuntu repositories? I don't know.
Do I simply have to
wait and hope?
You can ask Ubuntu maintainer to give you a roadmap of their releases.
Sorry if my anxiousness offends anyone in any way. I ask these questions
because I really don't know how a lot of these things work, and hope to
understand so I can ease my eagerness.
You are very welcome. Feel free to post your questions to the list. There
are a lot of users eager to help :).
Ping
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