Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
[Request]
Update of xserver-xorg-video-intel to version 2.9.0.
[Rationale]
2.9.0 is almost entirely a bugfix-only release. It contains one new feature,
which is the addition of support for a new chipset. No existing functionality
is removed. There are no changes in ABI/API. There are no changes in
dependency versions.
At UDS we knew the schedule for 2.9.0 placed it at around beta, and so
set our requirements to 2.8.x, with a "maybe" for 2.9.0 if it was
entirely bug-fix and was especially stable. In our evaluation, it does
meet the criteria we required of it. It is proving to be quite stable,
and aside from the one chipset feature (which we need in order to
support customers) is entirely bug fixes. In fact it includes fixes for
a number of bugs we have forwarded to them over the past few months,
including solving some longstanding i8xx regressions that have plagued
us for several releases.
[Testing]
In addition to going through Intel's QA testing procedures, we have carried git
snapshots of the 2.9.0 driver and the release candidates leading up to it in
our xorg-edgers repository. A number of people run this repository routinely,
and report bugs to launchpad so we have had good visibility into the quality of
this particular release.
Additionally, the specific package version we propose to incorporate is
derived from Debian's xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.9.0-1), which is
being tested in unstable presently.
[Contingency]
If this FFe is accepted, we will also place the current 2.8.x driver into the
x-retro PPA at the same time, versioned in a way that enables reversion to the
older driver. If by chance there are any serious regressions found in the
2.9.0 driver, we will be able to revert back to the prior 2.8.x driver with
minimal effort.
If this FFe is not accepted, we can cherrypick individual patches from
the release (indeed, we've already been doing this), although we
probably will not have time to backport all the fixes we would like to
see in karmic.
** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: Confirmed
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #22904
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22904
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #22947
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22947
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #20963
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20963
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #22893
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22893
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #20516
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20516
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #23184
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23184
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FFe for updating -intel to 2.9.0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446080
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