Re: Unblock xserver-xorg-video-geode

[Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi>]

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep  3, 2010 at 14:38:21 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
>> > Another question is whether your EXA composite paths are reliable enough
>> > now, or whether we'd better disable them for release.
>>
>> I would say that they are a million times better than they were in
>> 2.11.8 but I don't discount the fact that a few issues remain to iron
>> out. At the very least, a large number of rendering issues that had
>> been bugging users for the last two years are finally resolved and
>> this, IMHO, is a good enough reason to allow 2.11.9 into Squeeze. This
>> being said, it could very well be that a few issues that Julien
>> brought up need to be addressed before it happens.
>
> I'd be ok with allowing 2.11.9 in squeeze once the above is clarified or
> fixed, with the understanding that exa composite acceleration will be
> disabled if more issues are reported before release.  Does that work for
> you?

If that happened, what configuration option would you use? And what
basis would you use for deciding whether this is necessary or not? The
appearance of RC bugs against the driver or something else?

>> Conversely, we'd appreciate if bug #567909 would finally be resolved
>> on time for Squeeze.
>>
> Fixed in git.  Guess it slipped through the cracks.

Thanks!

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Martin-Éric