2011/10/19 Colin Guthrie <[email protected]>: > 'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 19/10/11 13:45 did gyre and gimble: >> 'Twas brillig, and Jani Välimaa at 19/10/11 10:38 did gyre and gimble: >>> 2011/10/19 Colin Guthrie <[email protected]>: >>>> 'Twas brillig, and Mageia Team at 19/10/11 07:26 did gyre and gimble: >>>>> Name : gdm Relocations: (not relocatable) >>>>> Version : 3.2.1 Vendor: Mageia.Org >>>>> Release : 1.mga2 Build Date: Wed Oct 19 >>>>> 08:18:14 2011 >>>>> Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: ecosse >>>>> Group : Graphical desktop/GNOME Source RPM: (none) >>>>> Size : 1702567 License: GPLv2+ >>>>> Signature : (none) >>>>> Packager : Mageia Team <http://www.mageia.org> >>>>> URL : http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/ >>>>> Summary : The GNOME Display Manager >>>>> Description : >>>>> Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable >>>>> reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log >>>>> into your system with the X Window System running and supports running >>>>> several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time. >>>>> >>>>> wally <wally> 3.2.1-1.mga2: >>>>> + Revision: 156474 >>>>> - new version 3.2.1 >>>>> - create own subpackage for gir .typelib >>>>> - clean .spec a bit >>>> >>>> For packages that have a pretty high impact, you probably should test it >>>> before updating. >>>> >>>> In this case 3.2.1 introduces a new dconf system which totally breaks if >>>> you don't do some %post stuff to update the actual data file. >>>> >>>> These instructions were clearly documented and if you'd tested the >>>> package even minimally, you'd have seen the problem and no doubt found >>>> this commit quickly (I saw the problem, did a temporary fix), logged in, >>>> looked in git and found the commit immediately and then fixed the spec >>>> accordingly). >>>> >>>> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?h=gnome-3-2&id=25004e4d11bbd2e8a22d5bcf49f294e9f63d2ce5 >>>> >>>> >>>> So please in future, be considerate and test these packages before >>>> pushing otherwise you'll get a lot of unhappy users who cannot log in! >>>> >>> >>> Sorry, my bad. I'll do more thorough testing next time. I did read >>> NEWS and all, but didn't notice anything "abnormal" so I didn't test >>> the pkg enough. >>> >>> Luckily you were awake and fixed package pretty fast. Thx for that. >> >> Yeah I've asked Ray on IRC to add a bit more info about that change (it >> should have been in NEWS IMO)... > > Just for reference, I spoke to Ray a bit and it seems the whole > mechanism is a bit rubbish (he says so himself) and will change soon, so > we should keep our eyes open for the next release and any changes it brings. > > Discussion on the matter here: > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662168 >
There's already new version 3.2.1.1 available, but I'm not going to touch (read: broke) it. (:
