KBD (Linux keyboard tools)

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:

• https://kbd-project.org/

Mailing list

• 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.

Bug reporting

• E-mail: kbd@lists.linux.dev
• Web: https://github.com/legionus/kbd/issues

Report problems with this package to the mailing list or directly to the Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>.

Source code

The latest stable version of kbd can always be found on:

• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/

Web interface:

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/legion/kbd.git
• https://github.com/legionus/kbd

Versioning:

• Standard releases: <major>.<minor>[.<maint>]

  • major -- fatal and deep changes;
  • minor -- typical release with new features;
  • maint -- bug fixes.

• 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

• master branch

  • current development.
  • the source for stable releases when deemed ready.

• for-master branch

  • 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:

• how to contribute,
• how to pull-request.

NLS (PO translations)

PO files are maintained by: https://translationproject.org/domain/kbd.html

License

Kbd is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2, or at your option any later version.