I'm hoping to build consensus and motivate people to try to fix some of the bugs in slink which, I believe, seriously impact the quality of slink.
I have put up a page at <URL:http://www.debian.org/~aph/slink-bugs.html>. Included below is an ASCII version. Please comment and NMU fixes, even, to stable. I will try to keep this page up-to-date. I shall probably post this to debian-devel over the weekend to try to get others to help with the research and NMUs. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> Bugs To Try to Fix For Slink I personally think the following bugs are important enough to be fixed in slink. Commentary, dispute, or suggestions should be sent to [1]<[email protected]>. * replace kernel-source-2.2.1 with kernel-source-2.2.5 Kernel source 2.2.1 has serious problems, and doesn't include up-to-date sparc changes either. Kernel source for 2.2.5 or newer should be provided instead (still priority extra and not officially supported -- note that I am not suggesting a move to this kernel for slink, since that is what potato is for. Status: all major parties, including the release manager, agree. Awaiting upload. * Bug #[2]34328 (kernel-image-2.0.36 i386) The default slink boot kernel seems to be having a lot of problems with the aic7xxx SCSI chipset. Many many bugs submitted about this, about one every other day. Status: have not yet idenfified driver to fix this * Bug #[3]35646 (makedev) and Bug #[4]33503 (base) Sound devices should be back in the base system (they are currently missing). Status: awaiting upload; bug 33503 may be spurios * lsof (no bug) For the i386 architecture, at least, the version of lsof shipped with slink doesn't match the default kernel, 2.0.36. Status: awaiting upload * Bug #[5]35613 (xserver-xsun, sparc) Improper way of checking /dev/fb* perms, lead to startx being unable to function. Status: thought someone had a patch but I can't spot it; hopefully Branden can fix this. Give him help, submit patch to the BTS. * Bug #[6]35616 (makedev sparc) /dev/mouse should symlink to sunmouse on sparc. Failure to do this will result in failure for gpm in default configuration, and xserver-sun*. Status: awaiting upload References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://bugs.debian.org/34328 3. http://bugs.debian.org/35646 4. http://bugs.debian.org/33503 5. http://bugs.debian.org/35613 6. http://bugs.debian.org/35616 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
