XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

Package: xserver-xorg-video-all
Version: 1:7.7+19
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

The description of the package `xserver-xorg-video-intel` says:

The use of this driver is discouraged if your hw is new enough (ca. 2007 and

newer). You can try uninstalling this driver and let the server use it's builtin modesetting driver instead.

I think it is safe to assume that in 2017, the vast majority of Debian users will have hardware meeting this criteria, so having `xserver-xorg-video-all` Recommend `xserver-xorg-video-intel` seems wrong.
For almost all users, having `xserver-xorg-video-intel` not recommended at all, or at the very least downgraded to Suggested status, would make much more sense.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (700, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing-debug') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.12.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-all depends on:
ii xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu 1.3.0-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.9.0-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.4.4-1+b5
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:2.3.4-1+b2
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 1:13.2.1-1+b1

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-all recommends:
pn xserver-xorg-video-intel <none>
pn xserver-xorg-video-qxl <none>

xserver-xorg-video-all suggests no packages.

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