Comment 3 for bug 385529

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Eugene San (eugenesan) wrote : Re: [Bug 385529] Re: Package, synergy-plus is missing

I'll check that option.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:59, Mark Rogers <email address hidden>wrote:

> Is it possible to provide jaunty builds too?
>
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> Package, synergy-plus is missing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385529
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> Status in Synergy+: Unknown
> Status in “synergy” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: synergy
>
> Synergy2 is old and buggy, in particular facing problems around the
> clipboard and typically crashing frequently.
>
> It has not been updated since 2006. However, a small number of forks exist
> of which the most active appears to be synergy-plus:
> http://code.google.com/p/synergy-plus/
>
> There is a Windows installer but it retains cross-platform support in the
> source, which is trivial to build on Ubuntu following the instructions in
> their wiki. It retains compatibility with existing configuration files and
> is a drop-in replacement, but one which is being maintained.
>
> The current version is 1.3.3, which is not a huge step up from 1.3.1
> currently in Ubuntu so adopting it now is not a major undertaking.
>
> Therefore Ubuntu should consider replacing synergy 1.3.1 with synergy-plus
> 1.3.3
>