Ubuntu
tpb package

hotkey-setup vs tpb

Bug #77402 reported by Batist Paklons
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
tpb (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xubuntu-desktop

Xubuntu-desktop currently depends on hotkey-setup. Hotkey-setup conflicts with tpb. This is quite annoying for those, such as me, who prefer tpb, yet would like the comfort of the xubuntu-desktop package. Is there any usability that hotkey-setup provides, essential for xubuntu, that cannot be supplied by tpb?

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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report.
tpb seems dedicated for IBM ThinkPad laptops, whereas hotkey-setup seems more 'generealistic'.

And I am not sure that hotkey-setup could be moved to Recommends, since it rather important for laptop users.

Changed in xubuntu-meta:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

As said above, tpb seems dedicated to ibm laptops, and is in universe, therefore xubuntu-desktop cannot depend on it. I am tagging this bug as "Won't Fix", but feel free to reopen it if tpb is promoted to main or if you have more infos.

Changed in xubuntu-meta:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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Batist Paklons (batist) wrote :

Can this not be solved by giving tpb "provides hotkey-setup", so that ibm users can install tpb without breaking xubuntu-desktop? That way the user has to take action to get tpb, but otherwise hotkey-setup will be installed?

Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)
Changed in xubuntu-meta:
status: Won't Fix → Triaged
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Adrian Frith (adrian-frith) wrote :

As a temporary workaround, you could install the metapackage at http://frith.co.za/hotkey-tpb_1.0_all.deb - it 'Depends' on tpb and 'Provides' and 'Replaces' hotkey-setup. Or you could create a similar package yourself with 'equivs'.

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