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On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 15:39, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> On Monday 11 October 2004 9:27 pm, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 15:21, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> > > Why isn't anyone getting 6.8.1 in the Portage tree? Seeing as how it is a |
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> > > security/bugfix release, I would expect 6.8.0 to remain unstable (or even |
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> > > masked) and 6.8.1 to be marked stable. |
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> > Try reading the ChangeLog (grep -i security) before talking. |
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> So you are implying that 6.8.0-r1 is the same as 6.8.1 or something else? |
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> I see info in the ChangeLog suggesting it might have the security fixes |
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> merged, but according to Kito, there are PPC/OSX bugfixes w/ the DRI ATi |
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> drivers also: |
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> > not sure if 6.8.1 will fix the bugs with the binary ATI drivers on ppc |
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> > linux, but it has fixed the ATI bugs on my ppc darwin system FWIW. |
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> Are *those* fixes also present? ChangeLog doesn't suggest either way on |
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> non-security bugfixes. |
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kito is confused, and I'm not sure where he/she got that idea. Don't |
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believe someone without any proof. There is absolutely nothing new in |
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6.8.1 over 6.8.0 other than the security patch. Go to www.x.org for |
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yourself and click on Latest Release -- look at the patch. |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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