Comment 10 for bug 407816

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: [Bug 407816] Re: vmmouse should be in main (reverted to universe in intrepid)

Excellent, thanks for catching this.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 05:30:01PM -0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Confirmed that xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse is in main and included in the
> default install via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/karmic-
> desktop-i386.manifest
>
> --
> vmmouse should be in main (reverted to universe in intrepid)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407816
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>
> Status in ???xorg??? package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
>
> I'm not sure how this happened, but -vmmouse should be in main but for is actually in universe currently.
>
> Here is the original main promotion bug:
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse/+bug/69780
>
> But as you can see from the latest sync request, it is in universe currently:
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse/+bug/379314
>
> Interestingly, the -vmware driver is in main:
> xserver-xorg-video-vmware:
> Installed: 1:10.16.6-1
> Candidate: 1:10.16.6-1
> Version table:
> *** 1:10.16.6-1 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Anyone know what caused -vmmouse to drop to universe?