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"Write a single library to handle all input devices, it'll be easy" they said...
linux.conf.au
Peter Hutterer's linux.conf.au 2020 talk on creating libinput, the unified userspace input library, and the difficulties of handling the many quirks of input devices.
Cited for insight into the hard realities of Linux input handling and libinput's thinly staffed maintenance.
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