Comment 5 for bug 506980

the thing is:
nobody wants backup. it sucks.
but many people want restore...

(nearly) nobody wants/needs a clipboard manager.
but many people want/expect a working implementation of copy&paste -- and yes, this includes pasting things copied from closed applications.

i agree with chris coulson -- glipper is not/no longer ready for prime time.
however there is klipper and there is parcellite. with some worl they would be perfect for inclusion.

as suggested here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/11334/comments/63
the thing should be at x-server-level but as this is a complicated/long-lasting fix in the meantime a clipboard manager should be installed per default. i does not have to have history management or a gui at all -- i would even prefer it without one -- but it should make copy and paste "just work". so a stripped down version of parecellite with no irritating gui, a sensible way of dealing with binary data, some minor fixes to applications like the gimp and things would be very ok and we could focus on fixing it in x...