I wrote:
Kbd Backspace - Makes Backspace and Delete keys consistent in all i386
keymaps - Not submitted because it's possibly incomplete - Submit
upstream. Complete or otherwise, it's better than nothing and I don't
think we've had any reports of broken keymaps for a while as the patch
hasn't been updated recently.
Will do so.
Kbd GCC-4.x Fixes - Fixes compilation issues with GCC-4.x due to C
aliasing rules - Unknown - Submit upstream.
Will do so.
Linux UTF-8 Input - Fixes dead keys and copy/paste of non-ASCII
characters in UTF-8 mode on Linux console - Rejected upstream because it
changes the meaning of an existing ioctl - Drop the patch and replace it
with one that looks more likely to be accepted upstream.
Impossible without a full rewrite of the "kbd" package. This patch is
still better than nothing in terms of functionality for former
ISO-8859-2 users. A version applicable to 2.6.17 has been submitted, but
no got reply, either positive or negative. I will try again.
Sysklogd 8-bit cleanliness - Allows meaningful Russian messages in UTF-8
to be logged - Not submitted as it is deemed unlikely it'll be accepted
- Submit it upstream anyway, just in case. If it gets rejected, then
submit a bug report upstream detailing the problem
Upstream is Debian. I will submit a bug report today.
Texinfo Multibyte - Works around info's inability to wrap output from
`man' in multibyte locales - Not submitted, it's a hack - Find a
non-hackish solution and/or report the bug upstream
A non-hackish solution requires full rewrite of character handling. Way
beyond my abilities. Will submit a bug report, though.
Vim Mandir Adjusts location of man pages to meet man-db's
expectations Not submitted, N/A LFS-specific, apparently. I
think the first hunk should go upstream, as it fixes non-compliance with
the FHS. Other than that, maybe we can drop this if/when LFS uses `man'
rather than `man-db' again.
This is not LFS-specific. No known version of any Man-like program
searches in the /usr/share/man/ru.KOI8-R directory.
All submitted, except for sysklogd, because this would be a duplicate of
the existing report: http://bugs.debian.org/315605
The linux UTF-8 input patch even got a response from Alan Cox.
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