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Daily xorg-x11 scare notice; as always, review referenced bugs for |
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details. |
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Thanks to help from spyderous, xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1 is now ~sparc for |
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testing. It (or 6.7.0-r2) is needed to address the security issue |
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raised in Bug 64152. |
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I originally said that when this happened, it would be 6.7.0-r2 to |
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go stable. After consultation and cogitation, we believe that just |
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proceeding to 6.8.0-r1 directly from 6.7.0-r1 is the more sensible |
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course: |
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6.8.0-r1 actually has had much more testing than 6.7.0-r2 could |
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possibly had, and all results I am aware of have been positive. |
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The only drawbacks I am aware of are: |
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1. There are a few minor incompatibilities between xorg.conf for |
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the two releases. See previously mentioned document at |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~fmccor/files/xorg-x11-6.7.99.903-build_notes.txt, |
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status tracking bugs, and so on if you haven't yet. |
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2. If you are using Creator (ffb, ffb2, ffb2+) graphics and libGL, you |
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might need to set the environment variable |
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LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT="yes" (or to anything else, for that matter). |
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Again, the reasons for this, current status, etc. are documented all |
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over the place by now, or discuss it with me on IRC. |
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Time frame? By Monday, 27 Sept. unless testing before then turns up |
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a show stopper. (Some of this testing is scheduled for Friday or |
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Saturday). |
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If you have concerns, current 6.8.0-r1 in portage is what we are |
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going to use, and it is ~sparc --- please feel free to test it |
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and comment at Bug 63994 if appropriate. |
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Regards, |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc) |
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