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From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? (black icons)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:55:50
Message-Id: 1126662403.23855.49.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? (black icons) by xyon
1 Your missreading what I am saying.
2
3 1. I am not placing "demands"
4 2. I have pointed out the solution
5 3. I have pointed out the problem for gentoo as a distro
6 4. Everybodies requirements are different: unless devs get feedback on
7 whats important to users, how would they know. I acknowledge that whats
8 important to devs is not neccessarily going to gel for the users, but
9 the fact that gentoo now does not have a usable desktop for a large part
10 of its user community should be a concern for all.
11
12 BillK
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16 On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 20:30 -0400, xyon wrote:
17 > Placing demands on the devs who donate their time for this community is
18 > not exactly the way of going about it. Finding a way to help those devs
19 > is a better path to a solution. ;)
20 >
21 > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 07:28 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
22 > > I'm using the workaround of manually deleting the problem patch during
23 > > the build.
24 > >
25 > > The problem for gentoo that I see is that with the removal of -r1 (and
26 > > xfree being the only viable alternative is not available either), gentoo
27 > > does not have a usable desktop for those actually using it in
28 > > production, so this should be viewed as a serious issue that requires
29 > > active resolution - just leaving this issue in place until we catch up
30 > > with upstream means this is going to become a running sore for gentoo.
31 > >
32 > > We (the users) need a stable, secure, and working X.
33 > >
34 > > BillK
35 > >
36 > >
37 > >
38 > > On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 11:03 -0400, Seemant Kulleen wrote:
39 > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 06:59:21AM +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote:
40 > > > > Re the xorg-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? The -r2
41 > > > > version is unusable for me because of this.
42 > > > >
43 > > > > According to the bug its resolved, fixed upstream, but there is no
44 > > > > detail which versions of xorg it applies to.
45 > > > >
46 > > > > BillK
47 > > >
48 > > > Hi Bill,
49 > > >
50 > > > -r3 is just a simple security bump from -r2, so it should have all the
51 > > > characteristics of -r2 except for that buffer overflow issue with pixmap
52 > > > memory requests. So yeah, you'll still see black icons, but please do
53 > > > track the upstream bug:
54 > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3781
55 > > >
56 > > > Thanks,
57 > > >
58 > > > Seemant
59 > > --
60 > > William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
61 > > Home!
62 >
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Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? (black icons) Barry.SCHWARTZ@×××××××××××××.org