On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:54:15AM -0700, obi wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 05:00:32AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > I'd feel most comfortable waiting until we package X.Org in the post-sarge > > timeframe to close this bug. Adding support for an option that's going to > > be renamed just adds headache for us and our users. > > > > However, if someone really wanted to seize hold of this issue in the next > > few days and babysit a patch ready for merge against the SVN trunk, I might > > be able to be persuaded otherwise. > > > > It's really all about someone taking ownership of the patch. At present, I > > don't have to do so. > > I'm not sure I understand completely what you mean. I'm not a Debian > developer: is it just enough to submit a patch that sets the correct > option (DynamicClocks instead of DynamicPM)? Is any other step required > to take ownership of the patch? > > I attach here the patch that sets the option to be DynamicClocks (it's > the same with just the option name changed). It needs to be turned into a patch in the debian/patches directory of the xfree86 source package and apply cleanly against the SVN trunk; please see the X Strike Force HACKING document[1] for more information. [1] http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/HACKING.txt -- G. Branden Robinson | When I die I want to go peacefully Debian GNU/Linux | in my sleep like my ol' Grand branden@debian.org | Dad...not screaming in terror like http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | his passengers.
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