[PATCH synaptics 00/10] Purging features

[Peter Hutterer]

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 09:37:02AM -0700, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On 05/08/2012 10:34 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> > 
> > Well, "features" is probably pushing the term. More like bugs in disguise
> > since several of those haven't been tested for multiple releases. The driver
> > has become mostly unmaintainable, so a few features are shown the door.
> > I'm sure things like trackstick emulation mode will be thouroughly missed,
> > but I've heard Linux is all about choice and I choose not to maintain this
> > any longer.
> > 
> > This patchset requires the indentation patches I posted earlier.
> > More features may take the trip to the chopping block in the future, no
> > guarantees for now.
> 
> I don't have the bandwidth to actually review the code changes. However,
> I agree in principle with them all, except patch 9.
> 
> I have a feeling the biggest issue will be edge support. Before we had
> clickpad support, people relied on it to be able to click and drag
> beyond the edge of the touchpad. There may be people who are now used to
> using it. Obviously we have a better way of doing things now, though.

the thing with the edge support is that I found it incredibly hard to
trigger and very unreliable. So I'd wager it wasn't used that commonly,
unless my touchpad is really that different to everyone else's.

> Acked-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas at canonical.com>

thanks.

Cheers,
  Peter