Re: [SRM] Approval for xorg-server/2:1.7.7-13

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:32 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> | xorg-server (2:1.7.7-13) stable; urgency=low
> | 
> |   * bug script: Report KMS configuration files and their contents.
> |   * bug script: Keep only one lspci call (with proper filtering), which
> |     makes PCI IDs come back.
> |   * Merge from server-1.7-branch, fixing broken rotation with nvidia
> |     driver (Closes: #611619):
> |     - Revert "randr: check for virtual size limits before set crtc"

What are the potential side-effects of removing the check; i.e. what
issue was it introduced to guard against in the first place?

Regards,

Adam