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 30 May 2014 16:28, maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> wrote:
> 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.
Maximilian, firstly thank you for your work. I did not mean to sound
unappreciative. If it would help, I would be happy to take
responsibility for the decision to release video-intel-2.99.910 (or
any other version recommended by upstream) to Debian unstable.
The problem with putting an update into experimental is that it does
not benefit the vast majority of users, who do not have experimental
enabled. I did not open this bug just to fix my own personal problem,
I opened this bug so that all Debian users with Intel graphics could
get the benefit of a newer stack with significant bug fixes and which
is being recommended by upstream. The Debian FAQ defines experimental
as "packages and tools which are still being developed, and are still
in the alpha testing stage. Users shouldn't be using packages from
here, because they can be dangerous and harmful even for the most
experienced people." imho this is not the appropriate description of a
driver that Intel is already shipping as part of their own enablement
stack.
> A newer snapshot was deemed to have better hardware support thanks
> to all fixes piled up in git, both for Haswell and beyond.
Yes, I'm not against having a git snapshot for experimental use but it
is not going to fix the issue of the drivers in sid and jessie being 6
months behind what Intel and Ubuntu are both shipping today.
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