Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Dominik George]

Hi,

> Looking at the description of the issue, it would also seem reasonable
> to attempt to fix it in Jessie.

0.6.1-2 in jessie is not affected. It uses VNC as backend and does not
implement RFX. It is slow for high resolutions, yes, but that's not this
issue - it's because you haven't seen a fast VNC session at full HD
either ;).

0.9.1-7 will be in jessie-backports, though.

-nik

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Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Thomas Goirand]

On 02/06/2017 11:50 PM, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 11:27:53PM +0100, Dominik George wrote:
>> But I figure I could handle this as important, so xrdp will not get
>> removed if the patch doesn't migrate, and still ask for an unblock,
>> which seems to be also possible for bugs with important severity.
> 
> yup, this approach seems more reasonable.

Looking at the description of the issue, it would also seem reasonable
to attempt to fix it in Jessie.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Niels Thykier]

Marc Haber:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 23:01:39 +0100, Dominik George 
> wrote:
>> xrdp, a remote desktop server for X.org, has an (upstream) bug that
>> makes it impossible to use it from clients with high resolutions, like
>> 1920x1080.
> 
> Is this already filed in Debian? If so, what's the bug number, and
> what are the symptoms of this bug?
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
> 

Possibly related:

"""
[...]
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:46:17 +0100
[...]
Changes:
 xrdp (0.9.1-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Fix RFX with large tile sets, e.g. full HD displays.
 (Closes: #855387)
[...]
"""

https://tracker.debian.org/news/839034

Thanks,
~Niels

Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 23:01:39 +0100, Dominik George 
wrote:
>xrdp, a remote desktop server for X.org, has an (upstream) bug that
>makes it impossible to use it from clients with high resolutions, like
>1920x1080.

Is this already filed in Debian? If so, what's the bug number, and
what are the symptoms of this bug?

Greetings
Marc
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Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Ben Caradoc-Davies]

On 07/02/17 11:01, Dominik George wrote:

xrdp, a remote desktop server for X.org, has an (upstream) bug that
makes it impossible to use it from clients with high resolutions, like
1920x1080.
This does not affect all users of the package, but seems to be quite a
big deal anyway because when operating a remote desktop server, you
never know what clients will use it.
The patch that upstream has is less than 5 lines.
Should I report and handle this as an RC bug and request unblock in
Debian?


Dominik, in your opinion as maintainer, does this bug make xrdp 
unsuitable for release? If so, then it is serious and thus RC.


It sounds to me that you are unhappy releasing xrdp without this patch.

Kind regards,

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Director
Transient Software Limited 
New Zealand

Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Holger Levsen]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 11:27:53PM +0100, Dominik George wrote:
> But I figure I could handle this as important, so xrdp will not get
> removed if the patch doesn't migrate, and still ask for an unblock,
> which seems to be also possible for bugs with important severity.

yup, this approach seems more reasonable.


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Re: Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Dominik George]

Hi,

> Dominik, in your opinion as maintainer, does this bug make xrdp
> unsuitable for release? If so, then it is serious and thus RC.

Well, no. It's not a regression, and having xrdp 0.9.1 in stretch is
really important and a good thing even with this bug.

> It sounds to me that you are unhappy releasing xrdp without this patch.

Nope. This bug is not new and no reason to not release xrdp in stretch.

I would only be happier if it worked for everyone.

But I figure I could handle this as important, so xrdp will not get
removed if the patch doesn't migrate, and still ask for an unblock,
which seems to be also possible for bugs with important severity.

-nik

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Is lack of full-HD display support an RC bug?

[Dominik George]

Hi,

xrdp, a remote desktop server for X.org, has an (upstream) bug that
makes it impossible to use it from clients with high resolutions, like
1920x1080.

This does not affect all users of the package, but seems to be quite a
big deal anyway because when operating a remote desktop server, you
never know what clients will use it.

The patch that upstream has is less than 5 lines.

Should I report and handle this as an RC bug and request unblock in
Debian?

-nik

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