On 99-11-27 Branden Robinson wrote:
> Sorry for the spam; someone please direct me to the correct forum. Is it
> <bugscan@debian.org>?
[Cut the Cc-list down, as I forgot to set a Mail-Followup-To-Header]
> On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 05:21:45PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > > Package: xbase-clients (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 48199 xauth can't handle IP changes
> >
> > Brandon, do you need some help to get it fixed?
> s/Brandon/Branden/
Sorry, for calling you with the wrong name.
> Yes, it would be nice. If somebody volunteers for this, I have an easy
> wishlist bug that could be fixed while they're at it.
As this email goes as Cc to Debian QA, I suggest, that someone or some
from the QA-Team, with a knowledge of X, start helping Branden to get
this bug fixed.
> > > Package: xdm (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 50740 xdm: xdm conflicts with gdm and refuses to stay installed
> >
> > Shouldn't be too much work to fix.
> I'm not sure this is even really an RC bug. Sounds like a problem with gdm
> to me. Other display managers should just stay out of each other's way
I didn't investigate every bug completely, but this could also be
possible. Seems like it needs some investigation to check if first, if
it's an RCB or not.
> until the maintainers of {g,k,w}dm get together with me on debian-x and
> hash out a policy. xdm is not a hog. It doesn't do XDMCP listening as it
This would be a optimal solution, but I think this will take some time.
So what could be done as temporary solution?
> > > Package: xfs (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 50859 xfs runs as root
> >
> > Would it be possible to run xfs under the permission of nobody?
> No, it owns files. Before I can address this we need a clearer policy on
> allocation of system users. I am not going to take Herbert Xu's mad
> proliferation of system users as a precedent to follow without
> corroboration.
Okay, this is good news about this issue.
> > > Package: xlib6g-dev (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 51076 [PATCH] tmp race in imake
> >
> > Branden, what about the patch in the BTS?
> Will be in my next release.
Th@nks.
> > > Package: xserver-common (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 50209 XF86Config moved and config is broken
> >
> > Is this really a bug or not?
> It seems to be. I've dug through the XF86Setup source (which is what this
> bug refers to). It is written in Tcl, which I'm not totally familiar with.
Is there someone of Debian-QA who is familar with TCL? If yes, I would
appreciate if he could help Branden with fixing this bug.
> symlink we ship. This could still be user error, though. What I really
> need is someone more familiar with Tcl to take a closer look at XF86Setup.
> > > 51086 if a font server in the fontpath dies, xfree86 will misbehave and might crash
> >
> > Branden, are you already working o a fix or do you need som help?
> This is an old known bug; I am not working on a fix; the problem is
> upstream and might not be trivial to fix. Anyone up to some DIX hacking?
DIX-Hacking? This doesn't sound very good and seems like much and hard
work. So we should better get the upstream maintainers to fix it.
> Actually, anyone who's done socket programming in C before should be able
> to figure it out.
Maybe. Let's see if we have such a person available with enough time to
help.
> > > Package: xserver-fbdev (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
> >
> > Is this bug still there or not?
> I don't know.
So, could somebody please check?
> > > Package: xserver-svga (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
> > > 45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
> > > 47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
> > > 50624 xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode
> >
> > > Package: xserver-xsun (main)
> > > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> > > 45654 Xsun crashing
> >
> > Branden, are you already working on fixing those bugs?
> No, these are the typical bad hardware support bugs in X servers that
> people think they can get fixed by upgrading them to release critical that
> we see every time we talk about releasing.
And can't we then downgrade them or close them? I think it's not very
good to let such bugs stay open at severity important or grave.
> Sorry, folks, I'm not that über. I am not any DDX hacker, and I may never
> be. If these aren't fixed upstream, they probably won't be fixed at all.
It's okay. Therefor, we are over 300 Developers, so I think we should be
able to find someone who could help with fixing those bugs.
Ciao
Christian
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