This package contains tools for managing Linux console (Linux console, virtual terminals, keyboard, etc.) – mainly, what they do is loading console fonts and keyboard maps.
This distribution contains no binaries - the sources depend on the kernel version - compile them yourself.
The home site of this package:
- E-mail: kbd@lists.linux.dev
- URL: https://subspace.kernel.org/lists.linux.dev.html
- Archive: https://lore.kernel.org/kbd/
To protect subscribers from spam, the mailing list requires a subscription.
Report problems with this package to the mailing list or
directly to the Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>.
The latest stable version of kbd can always be found on:
Web interface:
Versioning:
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Standard releases:
<major>.<minor>[.<maint>]major-- fatal and deep changes;minor-- typical release with new features;maint-- bug fixes.
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Development releases:
<major>.<minor>-rc<N>
To summarize, the stable release is 2.1.0 while 2.0.9x is a pre-releases.
Git repository:
- Primary: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/legion/kbd.git
- Mirror: https://github.com/legionus/kbd.git
Git Branches: git branch -a
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masterbranch- current development.
- the source for stable releases when deemed ready.
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for-masterbranch- unstable changes for master. These changes can be reversed or rolled back.
Tags: git tag
- a new tag object is created for every release.
- tag name:
v<version>. - all tags are signed by the maintainer's PGP key.
See also:
PO files are maintained by: https://translationproject.org/domain/kbd.html
Kbd is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2, or at your option any later version.