Jon Smirl [off-list ref] writes:

There are two very basic things that we need to reach consensus on first.

1) Unification with mouse/keyboard in evdev - put IR on equal footing.
2) Specific tools (xmodmap, setkeycodes, etc or the LIRC ones) or
generic tools (ls, mkdir, echo) for configuration

I think we can do this gradually:
1. Merging the lirc drivers. The only stable thing needed is lirc
   interface.
2. Changing IR input layer interface ("media" drivers and adding to lirc
   drivers).
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Krzysztof Halasa