New upstream version (0.16)

[Siegfried Gevatter]

Binary package hint: mouseemu

Changes:
0.16 Integrate a number of patches that accumulated in the Debian package source -
     fixes problems with disconnected USB mice, also autodetects new mice.
     New download site/developer because Colin no longer has a Powerbook.

Available at http://www.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de/~schmitz/mouseemu/ (referred to by the previous upstream author, at http://www.colino.net/geek/powerbook/).

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Subscribing Ubuntu Release team to get their input first.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

in that case, please provide an upstream diff for review.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Here are the patches that this upload opts to drop:

    - Removed 01_nofork.dpatch, fixed upstream.
    - Removed 11_mod-passthrough.dpatch
    - Removed 21_makefile.dpatch
    - Removed 31_usage.dpatch
    - Removed 41_defaults.dpatch
    - Removed 51_manpage.dpatch
    - Removed 61_rescan.dpatch
    - Removed syslog.dpatch
    - Removed 63_pidfile.dpatch
    - Removed 99_ubuntu_defaults.dpatch

The last patch (which sounded ubuntu-specific) is included in the upstream release. Didn't check the other patches.

The upstream changelog didn't mention any other significant changes, just some readme updates. So not sure this upload would bring any functional change. If that's the case, then I think we might want to hold off and wait until debian packages it, so as to avoid having to fakesync and stuff.

But maybe I'm wrong? Are there any improvements besides pulling in the debian patches (which we already have)?

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Thanks for attaching the diff, Bryce.

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Any updates to this?

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

confirmed, please upload asap.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

debian/patches/41_defaults.dpatch does not seem to have been integrated upstream in 0.16 and thus would just get dropped.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

I'm unsubscribing the Sponsors' Team for now. Please re-subscribe when ready.

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Hi Daniel,

Here's the new diff.gz, keeping 41_defaults.dpatch

[James Westby (james-w)]

This is a package in main, moving to the main sponsors team.

Thanks,

James

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mouseemu - 0.16-0ubuntu1

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mouseemu (0.16-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (LP: #269965).
    - debian/patches:
      + Removed 01_nofork.dpatch, fixed upstream.
      + Removed 11_mod-passthrough.dpatch
      + Removed 21_makefile.dpatch
      + Removed 31_usage.dpatch
      + Removed 51_manpage.dpatch
      + Removed 61_rescan.dpatch
      + Removed syslog.dpatch
      + Removed 63_pidfile.dpatch
      + Removed 99_ubuntu_defaults.dpatch
      + Removed '-534,10 +538,16' in 41_defaults.dpatch, patch no longer
        applies

 -- Nick Ellery <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:54:24 -0700

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The removal of 99_ubuntu_defaults.dpatch is wrong. This has the net effect of changing the default left mouse button to F10 and the default right mouse button to F11, from F11 and F12 respectively, and re-enables left Alt as the scroll modifier.

I'll handle this separately rather than reopening this bug, but I thought you ought to know.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Sorry, I didn't check the changelog carefully enough. It was not dropped completely, just one hunk which seems to have been accepted upstream (in a bit different form) was removed from the patch.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

It certainly was dropped completely, since it's no longer in debian/patches/00list. I'm repairing it now.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I have found several other regressions so far. Please be more careful in future! If in doubt, don't upload new major versions with complicated patch resync jobs late in the cycle.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This resolves the problems. I'm sorry about the changelog rant but this caused me a good deal of work to unpick that shouldn't have been necessary.

mouseemu (0.16-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Upstream release 0.16 in fact dated from before 0.15-4. Thus, the effect
    of ceasing to apply lots of patch files was to drop all the changes made
    to those patches since 0.15-3, including much of the work done in Ubuntu
    to support Intel Macs, resulting in several regressions. The net effect
    of fixing this is to bring the actual built code back to almost exactly
    what it was before. In future, please don't upload new upstream versions
    involving complicated patch resync jobs late in the cycle!

  * 41_defaults.dpatch:
    - Revert #ifdef __powerpc__ in defkeys.h, since we handle that
      separately in order to permit run-time detection of Intel Macs.
    - Document Intel Mac handling in mouseemu(8) and --help.
  * 61_rescan.dpatch:
    - Block SIGHUP and SIGALRM in the parent.
    - Fix rescan_devs not to skip every other input handler.
  * 63_pidfile.dpatch:
    - Exit gracefully if pidfile creation fails.
  * 99_ubuntu_defaults.dpatch:
    - Change middle-click default to F11 and right-click default to F12.
      Disable scroll emulation by default.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:34:21 +0100

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Colin,

My apologies on my errors, and the extra work I've caused you to have. I will, in the future, be more careful on these types of upgrades.