Bug 30255

Summary:	barrier: Use a single mouse and keyboard to control several different computers, a software KVM switch. NEW PKG REQUEST
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	David Sullivan <davizion>
Component:	New RPM package request	Assignee:	All Packagers <pkg-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	dan, davidwhodgins
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/debauchee/barrier
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz	CVE:
Status comment:

Description David Sullivan 2022-04-07 18:14:16 CEST

Barrier is a software that works just like a KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch, which allows you to use a single mouse and keyboard to control several different computers by physically turning a dial on the box to switch the machine you're controlling at any given time. Barrier is able to do this in software, giving you control over different machines by simply moving your mouse to the edge of the screen, or by using a keypress to switch focus to a different system.

David Sullivan 2022-04-07 18:24:09 CEST

Source RPM: https://sourceforge.net/projects/barrier.mirror/ => https://github.com/debauchee/barrier

David Sullivan 2022-04-07 18:24:23 CEST

Version: 8 => Cauldron

Comment 1 Dave Hodgins 2022-04-07 18:45:45 CEST

If included, it should replace synergy in cauldron, and upgrades from m8 to m9.

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2022-04-07 21:40:43 CEST

That last point was worth noting. But would it be necessary? We often have >1 package for the same sort of application.

"Barrier was forked from Symless's Synergy 1.9 codebase. Synergy was a commercialized reimplementation of the original CosmoSynergy ... barrier is not compatible with synergy ... Synergy has moved beyond its goals from the 1.x era, Barrier aims to maintain that simplicity."

@DavidS
Thank you for the suggestion.

Assigning this package request to all packagers collectively. On a voluntary basis, one of them might, if there are no license or other legal issues, want to integrate it to the distribution and maintain it for bug and security fixes.

You DavidS might also want to join the packager team to maintain this piece of software: see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

URL: (none) => https://github.com/debauchee/barrier
Summary: Use a single mouse and keyboard to control several different computers => barrier: Use a single mouse and keyboard to control several different computers, a software KVM switch. NEW PKG REQUEST
Source RPM: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier => https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 3 Dan Fandrich 2024-02-16 09:26:27 CET

barrier-2.4.0-1.mga9 was packaged by davidavid.

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => dan