Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I apologize for using harsh language. But you must understand there is limited time I can give to this issue, and I used it by recompiling the package. Personally I have no problem compiling a new xserver every few months. When I find time, and if it has not been done already, I'll submit the pa

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Panayiotis Karabassis (20/09/2011): > So, let's get this straight: > 1) Your users have a found a critical bug with your package. > 2) Your users invested a great deal of time and work in tracking down > the bug, and fixing it, what YOU should be doing. > 3) Your users have supplied you with a wor

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I was asking other USERS what they think. So, let's get this straight: 1) Your users have a found a critical bug with your package. 2) Your users invested a great deal of time and work in tracking down the bug, and fixing it, what YOU should be doing. 3) Your users have supplied you with a working

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Panayiotis Karabassis (20/09/2011): > It's not a random feature patch. X is unusable on Yeelong without this > patch.( So I am told, I have not tried ). Recompiling X takes about 3 > hours on Yeelong. And nothing prevents you to drop the patch when it's > included upstream. Quilt will just tell ab

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi Julien, On 09/20/2011 12:55 AM, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 16:35:37 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> Is this dictated by Debian Policy? Just curious. >> > It's dictated by wanting to remain sane, as much as possible. Which > implies not forking X with random featu

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-19 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 16:35:37 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Is this dictated by Debian Policy? Just curious. > It's dictated by wanting to remain sane, as much as possible. Which implies not forking X with random feature patches. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Is this dictated by Debian Policy? Just curious. On 09/19/2011 03:40 PM, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:16:52 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> In the hope that this bug can be closed, I have prepared a package that >> incorporates the patch. >> >> It is available at:

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-19 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:16:52 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > In the hope that this bug can be closed, I have prepared a package that > incorporates the patch. > > It is available at: > http://mentors.debian.net/package/xorg-server > What I said in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep

Bug#594684: Package

2011-09-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
In the hope that this bug can be closed, I have prepared a package that incorporates the patch. It is available at: http://mentors.debian.net/package/xorg-server -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u