xsf-docs/howto/report-bugs.mdwn | 3 + xsf-docs/howto/triage-bugs.mdwn | 8 ++- xsf-docs/index.mdwn | 1 xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.mdwn | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
New commits: commit 9833fa5dffd02cb908309a83a44a200dcd3dd9d7 Author: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Date: Mon Feb 21 04:04:06 2011 +0100 index: Link to squeeze-backports. diff --git a/xsf-docs/index.mdwn b/xsf-docs/index.mdwn index 3a516bd..0e30322 100644 --- a/xsf-docs/index.mdwn +++ b/xsf-docs/index.mdwn @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ metapackage (under `/usr/share/doc/xorg`), starting with `wheezy`. ## Reference documentation * [Dependencies between server and drivers](reference/dependencies.html) + * [Backports policy for squeeze](reference/squeeze-backports.html) * [Upstream contacts](reference/upstream-contacts.html) ## Other documentation commit 902ebb749f699e5bb444fe5e861335c9bcf0586d Author: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Date: Mon Feb 21 04:03:16 2011 +0100 reference/squeeze-backports: New document. diff --git a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.mdwn b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89b923f --- /dev/null +++ b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +# Backports policy for squeeze + +Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> + + +## Proposed plans + +If one forgets about libraries and clients, a whole X stack boils down +to: the server itself, input and video drivers, libdrm, and mesa. + +Since upgrading the server means upgrading all input and video drivers +(more than 50 source packages), that’s certainly too much to backport, +since we’re already trying to support `stable` (through stable +updates), `testing`/`unstable`, and `experimental`. For example, in +February 2011, that means `xorg-server` 1.7 in `stable`, 1.9 in +`unstable` (and “soon” in `testing`), and 1.10 in `experimental`. + +So the plan is to keep `xorg-server` as it is in `squeeze` (possibly +preparing/testing targeted fix if appropriate), and backporting +drivers when possible. With API/ABI updates, the minimal server +version required tend to get raised from time to time, but usually +drivers can be built against a rather large range of server +versions. In case a driver stop building against the server available +in `stable`, we’ll likely stick to the highest version still building +against it, and then tell people to upgrade the whole stack if they +need something more recent (unless some trivial cherry-picking is +possible, of course). + +The plan is to backport a few drivers on a possibly regular fashion, +and other drivers upon request. + + +### Input drivers + + * `evdev`: Linux-only keyboard & mouse/pointer driver. + * `keyboard` and `mouse`: Needed for non-Linux ports. + * `synaptics`: Better touchpad support than `evdev`. + + +### Video drivers + + * `ati`, `mach64`, `r128`: Drivers for ATI cards. + * `intel`: Driver for Intel cards. + * `nouveau`: Driver for NVidia cards. + * `fbdev` and `vesa`: Generic drivers. + * `dummy`: Dummy driver, suitable when there’s no monitor connected. + + +### Libraries + +The important libraries are `libdrm` and `mesa`. The former will +likely get pulled at some point by a driver, so a backport will be +needed for this library. The latter is under very heavy development, +so one may want to try a new release or a snapshot without having to +upgrade everything to `unstable`. It’s a huge package to build, so we +[documented how to build it](../howto/build-mesa.html) locally. But +there’s some hope to make some weekly or daily builds available at +some point. + + +### Kernel + +Some of those drivers might need a more recent kernel version than +the one in `squeeze`, but hopefully it’ll be available through +`squeeze-backports` as well. commit a46a56813275a2c336bede0dbbd63ab54c37e6c6 Author: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Date: Mon Feb 21 03:31:22 2011 +0100 report-bugs: Link to use-gdb. diff --git a/xsf-docs/howto/report-bugs.mdwn b/xsf-docs/howto/report-bugs.mdwn index 6fc7140..15b36df 100644 --- a/xsf-docs/howto/report-bugs.mdwn +++ b/xsf-docs/howto/report-bugs.mdwn @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Note: In case this metapackage wasn’t used to install your X stack, report a bug against `xserver-xorg` instead. And if that one isn’t installed either, go for `xserver-xorg-core`. +If a backtrace shows up in the X log, it’s much appreciated to try and +get a [full backtrace using gdb](use-gdb.html). + ### Follow-up with more info commit e28961893d9b141475e72d50a9dc3a4ff6eba761 Author: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Date: Fri Feb 18 23:53:24 2011 +0100 triage-bugs: Mention “exclude=tag:squeeze-accepted”. diff --git a/xsf-docs/howto/triage-bugs.mdwn b/xsf-docs/howto/triage-bugs.mdwn index e523584..8ee3f94 100644 --- a/xsf-docs/howto/triage-bugs.mdwn +++ b/xsf-docs/howto/triage-bugs.mdwn @@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ Here’s an example of URL, for the last tags: By the way one should keep an eye on the list of found/fixed versions since those bugs are likely marked as resolved (in `unstable` -or `experimental`), but might still affect a stable release. Maybe we -just need to have both `squeeze-candidate` and `squeeze-accepted`, and -swap usertags when the stable upload happens. +or `experimental`), but might still affect a stable release. + +To list the bugs marked `squeeze-candidate` but not +`squeeze-accepted`: +→ <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/[email protected]&tag=squeeze-candidate&exclude=tag:squeeze-accepted> ## Categories -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
