Bug#738569: gpointing-device-settings: Segfaults at startup, cannot get it to work

2014-02-25 Thread Steve Cotton 
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:18 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> All the output I get from running this is:
> 
> $ gpointing-device-settings 
> Segmentation fault

Valgrind reports several functions accessing memory that's already
been free'd by gpds_xinput_utils_get_device_info(), and that
function does look buggy:

XDeviceInfo *
gpds_xinput_utils_get_device_info (const gchar *device_name, GError **error)
{
  ...
if (!strcmp(device_infos[i].name, device_name)) {
XFreeDeviceList(device_infos);
return &device_infos[i];
}
  ...

It works without segfaulting for me, but I think that's down to
chance, and possibly that I have only one pointing device
connected.


I'm wondering if this package should simply be dropped, and will
create another bug to discuss that.

Steve


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Bug#740093: gpointing-device-settings: Should this package be removed?

2014-02-25 Thread Steve Cotton 
Package: gpointing-device-settings
Version: 1.5.1-6
Severity: wishlist

Looking at the bugs in gpointing-device-settings, I think the package
could be removed instead of fixed.

This package is
* orphaned since 2010-10-05 (#599164)
* segfaulting on startup on some machines (#738569)
* FTBFS, possibly a bug in automake (#725593)
* FTBFS with gtk+-2.22: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631068
* Removed from testing since 2013-11-06.

On the other hand:
* 470 popcon votes (using, not just installed)
* Is in the stable release.
* The causes of a segfault and the non-automake FTBFS are known.

For mice, this gives a GUI for settings emulating a 3-button or
wheel-mouse.  It also has touchpad settings.  But even if those settings
are used, they're no longer reliable (#601178, #615092 #646444).

Reliable (but command-line) alternatives exist for this, as given in
those bug reports.  When using a wheel-mouse, I can't find those options
in the more recent Gnome or KDE UIs, but they might only be shown if a
non-wheel mouse is attached.

Having asked on #debian:
 Please could someone tell me, does anyone use wheel-less mice any 
more?
 wheel-less is the only option on some non-x86 arches 
 especially older machines with non-usb ports for input 

This package also shows settings for graphics tablets, but those
definitely do have replacement UIs in recent Gnome and KDE.

Steve


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