Bug#345958: [SPAM] Re: Bug#345958: please include this patch
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:54:59PM +0800, drew.parsons@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> Quoting "Robert Millan [ackstorm]" <rmillan@ackstorm.es>:
>
> >On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 09:13:37AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> >>
> >>> Any news on this? The patch works pretty well for me. Is etch
> >>going to release
> >>> with 1.1, or with 1.0 ? If 1.0 is being released it better not be
> >>unpatched..
> >>
> >>The patch is applied to xserver 1.1.1.
> >
> >xserver 1.1.1 is in experimental only. This usualy means it isn't
> >intended to
> >make it into the upcoming release. If this is so, the one in sid needs
> >patching. Otherwise, why not uploading to sid directly?
>
> Not so, experimental is simply for packages which we are not yet ready to
> load
> into unstable. That's unrelated to whether or not we intend it for etch.
>
> In this case there are a handful of ABI transitions complicating the
> upgrade, so
> we put it into experimental first to increase our assurance that the upgrade
> held together satisfactorily.
Ok.. I don't mind either way as long as the version we release supports my
hardware :)
> >Sorry, I don't know. I didn't write the patch, I can only confirm it
> >solved the
> >problem in my hardware. But if the code is really disabled, it's
> >pointless to
> >include that hunk of course :)
>
> Yeah, sorry Robert, I didn't mean this question to you personally but
> to anyone
> who might happen to know. David Airlie would be the one to ask
> directly, since
> it seems to be his patch. But it's not that big a deal to bother him over :)
Agreed.
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Robert Millan
ACK STORM, S.L. - http://www.ackstorm.es
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