Bug#748753: closed by maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> (Bug#748753: fixed in xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.911+git20140529-1~exp1)
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:52:39AM +0100, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
> > I’m unsure if we want to upload random snapshot releases to sid, which
> > is why I didn’t do that. Feel free to upload it to experimental, though.
>
> I wasn't actually suggesting making a random snapshot of the git
> source from upstream.
Whatever you personally wish is fine for your own, but may not be for
a distribution. In any case this is still only an experimental upload.
The chosen version is a Maintainers decision and I didn't see you step up
to such responsibility.
> The latest stable release from Intel is 2014Q1
> which includes video-intel-2.99.910. Yes, it is a snapshot, but it is
> not a random one - it is the same one being used by Intel in the
> stable 1.0.5 release of their official Intel Graphics Installer. If it
> is good enough for Intel to use in a stable release of their graphics
> installer, then imho it ought to be good enough for Debian
> Unstable/Testing. 2.99.910 is also the version used in Ubuntu 14.04,
> which means it has already received much wider testing than any
> possible alternative snapshot.
A newer snapshot was deemed to have better hardware support thanks
to all fixes piled up in git, both for Haswell and beyond.
kind regards,
--
maks
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