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Re: [sparc] new bootdisks coming soon



Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr> writes:
> 
> Eric> I'm pretty ready to release new bootdisks, at least for 2.1r3(?)
> Eric> candidate.
> 
> Ok, be sure to let me know when you are actually burning these, and
> you should tag the source when you do that too.  At that point, any
> subsequent changes should be 2.1.10.1 or 2.1.11.

Well, I hope I could upload it next monday...  At least on my ftp site to allow
some of you do a trial.

BTW, how should I commit my patches ?  Either I completely missed the point
about getting the "adam-boot-floppies_2-1_branch" branch or my last fixes
(dated from 99/04/13) about 2.2 kernel support were not put in the tree.
I have had to refix them in my current copy of the tree :-((
More on this topic: how do you manage to bring some fixes from your branch to
the main trunk ?  Is there any magic cvs command ?

> Eric>  I addressed the following problems:
> [list deleted]
> 
> Did you make sure these all show up in ./debian/changelog file?  If
> not, you should.

I will check it before uploading it.

> Eric> 6. /dev/mouse -> sunmouse symlink added to the base system.
> 
> Actually.
> 
> Eric> I just now need new 2.2 kernel images for sparc.  Which one are
> Eric> available now ? 2.2.6 ? 2.2.7 ?
> 
> 2.2.5 is available AFAIK (or is that only source?).  Why not just
> stick with that?

Where can I get these kernel-images ?  (I'm not connected to the net by the
time I write this email so I cannot check if it sits in potato or not, sorry).

> Eric> BTW, what is the status of the /dev/fb0 permissions troubles ?
> Eric> Is it fixed in the X server or the wrapper ?
> 
> Not that I know of.  Perhaps we should try to workaround that.
> It's a pretty critical/annoying sparc problem.

I'm using xdm, so I don't have this problem either.
Could just well documenting it in the release notes be sufficient ?

> Eric, have you dealt with the attached silo issues? (Bug#34896)

Oops, forgot it.
I downloaded both silo 0.8.5-4 & 0.8.6-1 from ftp.prosa.it few hours ago, but
which one should I use ?  Which one will be put in 2.1r3 anyway ?

>Davide Barbieri wrote:
>  I have put on ftp.prosa.it/pub/people/paci/silo
>  a new debian package of silo (0.8.5-4)
> 
>  there is only the binary packages, and it is there because
>  I don't want to upload it, until I'm confident it will work
> 
>  I have made a little hack, and it should now work on Ultra,
>  but I can't test because I haven't an Ultra: can you test it?

-- 
 Eric Delaunay                 | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires.
 delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)


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