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Re: status of the 7.4 transition



On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 19:19 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 18:55:43 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 14:44 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > > 
> > > - xorg-server has one outstanding serious bug, #508476: when
> 
> Actually its current severity is grave, not serious.
> 
> > >   xserver-xorg-video-fbdev is installed and you have no xorg.conf, X
> > >   FatalErrors for no good reason.  Should this be a blocker?
> > 
> > Probably? It seems quite likely for -fbdev to be installed, and I think
> > we're encouraging people to run without xorg.conf?
> > 
> Seems fair.  I haven't had time to investigate this yet, unfortunately;
> I guess I could add the help tag.

Do you have any idea which change caused the problem?


> > > - any known major issues in other packages?
> > 
> > In xserver-xorg-core, the default value of Option "ExaOptimizeMigration"
> > should probably be changed to off. I tried to discuss this with both
> > upstream 1.6 maintainers, but the first one mocked me and the second one
> > ignored me...
> > 
> I just pushed a patch for this, thanks for reminding me.  Also added to
> the Server16Branch wiki page, in the hope of getting a real decision.

Thanks Julien.


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