Bug#362996: Release Notes should document possible issues with X transition
Hi,
* Frans Pop (aragorn@tiscali.nl) [060416 18:28]:
> The most important issue is that /usr/X11R6/bin has been dropped and only
> remains as a symlink to /usr/bin. This means it has to be empty at the
> time of the upgrade.
> The new packages conflict with most packages that used /usr/X11R6/bin, but
> maybe not all have been caught. The RN should document how users can
> prepare for the upgrade and how they can work their way out of trouble if
> a conflict should arise.
I added documentation for that into the release notes.
> A potential other issue is that paths for fonts and modules have changed
> and thus changes in the X configuration file may be needed. Whether this
> really is an issue depends on how well conversion of old X11 config files
> is supported at the time of the release.
Is that still the case? If so, some text from the X-team would be
welcome.
Cheers,
Andi
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