consensus on stuff left to be fixed in slink
I'm hoping to build consensus and motivate people to try to fix some
of the bugs in slink which, I believe, seriously impact the quality of
slink.
I have put up a page at
<URL:http://www.debian.org/~aph/slink-bugs.html>. Included below is
an ASCII version. Please comment and NMU fixes, even, to stable.
I will try to keep this page up-to-date.
I shall probably post this to debian-devel over the weekend to try to
get others to help with the research and NMUs.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
Bugs To Try to Fix For Slink
I personally think the following bugs are important enough to be fixed
in slink. Commentary, dispute, or suggestions should be sent to
[1]<debian-testing@lists.debian.org>.
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replace kernel-source-2.2.1 with kernel-source-2.2.5
Kernel source 2.2.1 has serious problems, and doesn't include
up-to-date sparc changes either. Kernel source for 2.2.5 or newer
should be provided instead (still priority extra and not
officially supported -- note that I am not suggesting a move to
this kernel for slink, since that is what potato is for.
Status: all major parties, including the release manager, agree.
Awaiting upload.
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Bug #[2]34328 (kernel-image-2.0.36 i386)
The default slink boot kernel seems to be having a lot of problems
with the aic7xxx SCSI chipset. Many many bugs submitted about
this, about one every other day.
Status: have not yet idenfified driver to fix this
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Bug #[3]35646 (makedev) and Bug #[4]33503 (base)
Sound devices should be back in the base system (they are
currently missing).
Status: awaiting upload; bug 33503 may be spurios
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lsof (no bug)
For the i386 architecture, at least, the version of lsof shipped
with slink doesn't match the default kernel, 2.0.36.
Status: awaiting upload
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Bug #[5]35613 (xserver-xsun, sparc)
Improper way of checking /dev/fb* perms, lead to startx being
unable to function.
Status: thought someone had a patch but I can't spot it; hopefully
Branden can fix this. Give him help, submit patch to the BTS.
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Bug #[6]35616 (makedev sparc)
/dev/mouse should symlink to sunmouse on sparc. Failure to do this
will result in failure for gpm in default configuration, and
xserver-sun*.
Status: awaiting upload
References
1. mailto:debian-testing@lists.debian.org
2. http://bugs.debian.org/34328
3. http://bugs.debian.org/35646
4. http://bugs.debian.org/33503
5. http://bugs.debian.org/35613
6. http://bugs.debian.org/35616
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