On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:18:37 +0200, Roman Kyrylych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> *confused* Wouldn't it just be ati and nvidia packages who would not >> work >> with the new xorg in /testing(if 7.1 went there ofc)? > > Probably there will be others but these two are the most important > because most users use them. Of course there are users who use nv, > vmware, unichrome and other open-source drivers. But Xorg 7.1 does not > brings any huge significant improvements for these users. > So, at this point there is no need for upgrading to Xorg 7.1. > I suppose that Nvidia and ATI will change their drivers soon. After > that Xorg 7.1 will hit Testing. Bringing Xorg 7.1 to Testing right now > does not give users anything significant (see above). > 7.1 have numerous improvements: http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.1/doc/RELNOTES.html atleast there were some i910(can't remember excactly) graphics users which needed this new rel to be able to use X. If those and other users need this rel isn't it our duty to put it in testing causing us no havoc since we don't have to upgrade if we don't want to but those users will get a working xorg off the bat. Is it possible for pacman to post a warning message before clueless users upgrade without thinking? like pacman -Syu [...] Warning: If you upgrade to newest xorg, propriatory nvidia and ati graphics card drivers will stop functioning and you will not be able to start the X server. Add blabla to your IgnorePkg line ... If people say this is windowsism they are not thinking about the fact that the frontpage and bbs already provide these kind of warnings just in a dumber way, because they doesn't reach as many people and require the user to visit forums, stay uptodate etc etc. Which is a good thing, but unneded concerning this scenario. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
