Bug 2400833

Summary:	Deskflow incorrectly replaces Synergy package
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Nick Bolton <nick>
Component:	deskflow	Assignee:	Neal Gompa <ngompa13>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	43	CC:	astra, dchen, ngompa13
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Description Nick Bolton 2025-10-01 13:21:53 UTC

I'm the maintainer of both Deskflow and Synergy.

Deskflow and Synergy are different projects currently in development, but the Fedora Deskflow package claims to replace the Synergy package. This causes a lot of confusion and disruption, e.g.: https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/issues/8993

I strongly recommend that the Deskflow package should not replace Synergy packages, as Deskflow cannot and will never read Synergy configs. Deskflow is designed to be protocol-compatible with Synergy, but that's all. The idea is that you can use Synergy on one machine and Deskflow on another.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Synergy
2. Update Fedora

Actual Results:
Synergy is removed and Deskflow is installed

Expected Results:
Synergy remains and Deskflow is not installed

Additional Information:
The confusion may be caused here because Deskflow became the upstream of Synergy last year (much like how Fedora is upstream of Red Hat).

Synergy: https://github.com/symless/synergy
Deskflow: https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow

Other useful resources:
https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/wiki/Relationship-with-Synergy
https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/wiki/History

Comment 1 Neal Gompa 2025-10-02 13:29:44 UTC

It was intended to replace Fedora's dead synergy package, which *was* replaced by deskflow. I'm not sure what we can do here because we do need that replacement to happen ordinarily.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-11-20 05:36:55 UTC

FEDORA-2025-86de96d1a5 (deskflow-1.24.0-2.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-86de96d1a5

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-11-20 05:39:43 UTC

FEDORA-2025-86de96d1a5 (deskflow-1.24.0-2.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.