[CC'ing debian-x mailing list and submitters of all these bugs; please direct comments or questions to bugnumber@bugs.debian.org and I'll do my best to address any difficulties.] On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 04:28:21PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > Greetings. The code freeze is almost upon us (34 days to go), and it's > past time to take stock of the remaining release-critical bugs. > Unfortunately there are too many of them for me to keep track of them > all in detail, so I'm collecting summarized information. > > I'm interested in any comments you may have regarding these bugs, but > in particular I would like answers to the following questions: > > - Are these bugs truly release-critical? > - Do you have an estimated time for fixing these bugs? Do you need help? > - Will you mind if non-maintainer uploads are done to fix these bugs? > > Note that a bug is "release-critical" if we cannot reasonably release > a package with that bug still present, or if the bug interferes > with an established release goal. > > Package: xlib6g-dev (main). > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> > 51076 [PATCH] tmp race in imake This has been fixed upstream, is in the current pre-release versions (cf. http://www.debian.org/~branden/), is expected to be in XFree86 3.3.6, and I can apply this patch to a 3.3.5 .deb release if for some reason 3.3.6 is delayed past our freeze. > Package: xserver-common (main). > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> > 50209 XF86Config moved and config is broken This appears to be a bug in XF86Setup. I think it is unlinking its target (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, which for us is a symlink to /etc/X11/XF86Config) before writing to it. I need a Tcl person to help analyze the code. > 51086 if a font server in the fontpath dies, xfree86 will misbehave and might crash I think Keith Packard at XFree86 is looking into this. The good news is that he has fixed some bugs in xfs itself that make it less likely to crash... 1541. Fix font server to not crash on bogus requests (#3449, Keith Packard). so this should reduce the occurrences of the X server crashing. If someone is brave enough to go hacking DIX, though, they should feel free. IMO this is not release-critical, we've been living with it for years. > Package: xserver-fbdev (main). > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> > 43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do) I need to report this upstream. It's a bug internal to the X server. Anyone brave enough to help hack on it is welcome to... > Package: xserver-svga (main). > Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> > 44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync() This might be addressed by 1508. Fix ViRGE/MX and APM (#3345, Harald Koenig). in the forthcoming 3.3.6 release. I reported this upstream in September and Loic Grenie of XFree86 said he would look into it, but I haven't heard any more about it. It might be worthwhile to try the 3.3.6 pre-release packages; see <http://www.debian.org/~branden/>. > 45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d I think the problem is that this person is not using xserver-fbdev with fbcon. > 47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server An strace on this would be helpful. > 50624 xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode I need the output from the X server on this bug. X -probeonly > server-ouput 2>&1 should take care of it if he doesn't want to start X again and lock his machine. -- G. Branden Robinson | Human beings rarely imagine a god that Debian GNU/Linux | behaves any better than a spoiled child. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Robert Heinlein roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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