Re: xorg-x11 Migration To Testing
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 09:38:01PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 06:47:28PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote:
>
> > As I understand it, xorg-x11 6.9 hasn't transitioned to testing due to
> > #211765, which remains the only RC bug in the package. This is a licensing
> > bug that's not likely to get resolved soon. Jim Gettys is supposed to be
> > working on this, but I haven't heard from him about it at all. I'll try and
> > pursue the issue, but for the progress of the release I think it's best to
> > allow 6.9 to migrate to testing. All previous X releases with a GLX contain
> > this code, and there is no other Free GLX available that I'm aware of that
> > we could replace this one with. If there are any more questions about this,
> > please let the XSF know. Thanks!
>
> Nope, no questions; it's the release team policy that pre-existing bugs be
> ignored for testing transitions, britney just doesn't handle version
> tracking yet. A force hint has been added to get xorg-x11 in.
Rock. Thank you!
- David Nusinow
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