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X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: r1303 - in trunk/debian: . patches



Author: branden
Date: 2004-04-21 14:01:41 -0500 (Wed, 21 Apr 2004)
New Revision: 1303

Modified:
   trunk/debian/changelog
   trunk/debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff
Log:
Update annotations to indicate when code from XFree86 CVS was committed.

Identify one potential licensing problem.


Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2004-04-21 18:47:44 UTC (rev 1302)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2004-04-21 19:01:41 UTC (rev 1303)
@@ -74,17 +74,15 @@
     packages' config scripts, invoke the discover command such that an
     abnormal exit on its part does not crash the script.
 
-  * Grab patches from upstream CVS HEAD (not under X-Oz or XFree86 1.1
-    license) that fix loud chatter from Linux 2.6 such as:
-    "atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.".
-    + Do the Linux KDKBDREP ioctl on the correct fd.  This prevents the
-      fallback that tries to directly program the keyboard repeat rate,
-      and the related warning messages that recent Linux kernels generate
-      (David Dawes).
-    (Closes: #230204)
+  * Fix loud chatter from Linux 2.6 such as: "atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug.
+    It shouldn't access hardware directly." by performing KDKDBREP ioctl() on
+    the correct file descriptor, avoiding the fallback method for changing the
+    keyboard repeat rate that triggers this warning.  Patch by David Dawes,
+    from XFree86 CVS 2004-03-04 (XXX: POTENTIAL LICENSING PROBLEM).  (Closes:
+    #230204)
 
-  * Grab fixes to the X server's DIX events processing from upstream CVS HEAD
-    (not under X-Oz or XFree86 1.1 license).
+  * Grab fixes to the X server's DIX events processing from XFree86 CVS
+    (none later than 2004-01-23).
     + Fix a potential hang in Xinerama caused by an uninitialized
       sprite.hotShape. [Mark Vojkovich]
     + Build fix for when XKB is disabled but XINPUT isn't.  Reported by Paul
@@ -174,7 +172,8 @@
 
   * Fix SEGV when attempting to use GLX extension on SPARC due to failure of
     extension to initialize a Mesa context; patch by Ferris McCormick,
-    backported from XFree86 CVS by Christian Guggenberger.  (Closes: #241331)
+    backported from XFree86 CVS 2003-12-08 by Christian Guggenberger.
+    (Closes: #241331)
 
   * Disable RandR extension support in siliconmotion driver when the driver's
     "Rotate" option is used (thanks, Jim Paris).  (Closes: #241286)

Modified: trunk/debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff	2004-04-21 18:47:44 UTC (rev 1302)
+++ trunk/debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff	2004-04-21 19:01:41 UTC (rev 1303)
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
      fallback that tries to directly program the keyboard repeat rate,
      and the related warning messages that recent Linux kernels generate
      (David Dawes).
+XXX: POTENTIAL LICENSE PROBLEM IN THE ABOVE
 
 xc/programs/Xserver/dix/events.c @ 3.48
   Fix a potential hang in Xinerama caused by an uninitialized



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