#994026 The drop of Multi_key for gb in xkb-data 2.33 should be announced in NEWS.Debian

Package:
xkb-data
Source:
xkeyboard-config
Submitter:
Vincent Lefevre
Date:
2021-09-10 13:21:07 UTC
Severity:
important
#994026#5
Date:
2021-09-10 02:09:52 UTC
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To:
The upgrade from 2.29-2 to 2.33-1 silently breaks Multi_key.

A diff of the xkbcomp dump gives in particular:

     key <RALT> {
-        type= "TWO_LEVEL",
-        symbols[Group1]= [ ISO_Level3_Shift,       Multi_key ]
+        type= "ONE_LEVEL",
+        symbols[Group1]= [ ISO_Level3_Shift ]
     };

i.e. Multi_key is no longer there.

Note: I use the gb keyboard layout.
#994026#10
Date:
2021-09-10 13:11:02 UTC
From:
To:
following my comment:
#994026#17
Date:
2021-09-10 13:06:40 UTC
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the kind of thing that should be announced in NEWS.Debian.

commit 5ac82bfc696213eb24759bf81670bca21d122da3
Author: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Date:   2021-02-20 21:16:56 +0100

    Simplify gb(basic) so that Shift+Right Alt behaves the same as Right Alt+Shift. Resolves #245

    For the old behaviour, use `setxkbmap -option lv3:ralt_switch_multikey`

diff --git a/symbols/gb b/symbols/gb
index b5db5eb6..87d82170 100644
--- a/symbols/gb
+++ b/symbols/gb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ xkb_symbols "basic" {
     key <BKSL> { [numbersign, asciitilde,   dead_grave,   dead_breve ] };
     key <LSGT> { [ backslash,        bar,          bar,    brokenbar ] };

-    include "level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"
+    include "level3(ralt_switch)"
 };

 partial alphanumeric_keys