Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread Adam C Powell IV 

Branden Robinson wrote:


On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 


Dear Falk and Lists

You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...

Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2 version,
without having to be a Debian expert?

I'm copying this to debian-alpha@lists.debian.org and
debian-x@lists.debian.org for further comments from you and others...
   


You'd have to persuade the Stable Release Manager to permit such a
thing, and frankly I think there is a greater chance of the Sun
reversing its course across the sky.  Because he is so busy he appears
to be only permitting in security fixes and *nothing* else.

Stability aside, I thought I saw somewhere that someone had built the X 
4.2 packages for stable; a quick look on Debian Planet or some such 
should turn it up.


If nothing else, at least it's easier than making the sun reverse its 
course across the sky... :-)


Zeen,
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Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread Falk Hueffner 
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...
> > 
> > Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2
> > version, without having to be a Debian expert?
> > 
> > I'm copying this to debian-alpha@lists.debian.org and
> > debian-x@lists.debian.org for further comments from you and others...
> 
> You'd have to persuade the Stable Release Manager to permit such a
> thing, and frankly I think there is a greater chance of the Sun
> reversing its course across the sky.  Because he is so busy he
> appears to be only permitting in security fixes and *nothing* else.

Uhm, I think he wanted to replace it on his own machine, not in the
distribution (otherwise "without having to be a Debian expert"
wouldn't make a lot of sense :) Which seems much more sensible. I'll
try to compile 4.2 for stable, but I'm running low on disk space, so
it might take a while.

-- 
Falk

Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread Adam C Powell IV 
Branden Robinson wrote:


On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Dear Falk and Lists

You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...

Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2 version,
without having to be a Debian expert?

I'm copying this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for further comments from you and others...
   

You'd have to persuade the Stable Release Manager to permit such a
thing, and frankly I think there is a greater chance of the Sun
reversing its course across the sky.  Because he is so busy he appears
to be only permitting in security fixes and *nothing* else.


Stability aside, I thought I saw somewhere that someone had built the X 
4.2 packages for stable; a quick look on Debian Planet or some such 
should turn it up.

If nothing else, at least it's easier than making the sun reverse its 
course across the sky... :-)

Zeen,
--

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Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread Falk Hueffner 
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...
> > 
> > Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2
> > version, without having to be a Debian expert?
> > 
> > I'm copying this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further comments from you and others...
> 
> You'd have to persuade the Stable Release Manager to permit such a
> thing, and frankly I think there is a greater chance of the Sun
> reversing its course across the sky.  Because he is so busy he
> appears to be only permitting in security fixes and *nothing* else.

Uhm, I think he wanted to replace it on his own machine, not in the
distribution (otherwise "without having to be a Debian expert"
wouldn't make a lot of sense :) Which seems much more sensible. I'll
try to compile 4.2 for stable, but I'm running low on disk space, so
it might take a while.

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Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread Branden Robinson 
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Falk and Lists
> 
> You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...
> 
> Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2 version,
> without having to be a Debian expert?
> 
> I'm copying this to debian-alpha@lists.debian.org and
> debian-x@lists.debian.org for further comments from you and others...

You'd have to persuade the Stable Release Manager to permit such a
thing, and frankly I think there is a greater chance of the Sun
reversing its course across the sky.  Because he is so busy he appears
to be only permitting in security fixes and *nothing* else.

Even were he more lenient, XFree86 is a huge piece of infrastructure to
change in a point release, and should not be undertaken lightly.

Finally, in my opinion the XFree86 4.2.1 packages in unstable aren't
suitable for a stable release yet.

Does that answer your question?

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Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread Branden Robinson 
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Falk and Lists
> 
> You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...
> 
> Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2 version,
> without having to be a Debian expert?
> 
> I'm copying this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further comments from you and others...

You'd have to persuade the Stable Release Manager to permit such a
thing, and frankly I think there is a greater chance of the Sun
reversing its course across the sky.  Because he is so busy he appears
to be only permitting in security fixes and *nothing* else.

Even were he more lenient, XFree86 is a huge piece of infrastructure to
change in a point release, and should not be undertaken lightly.

Finally, in my opinion the XFree86 4.2.1 packages in unstable aren't
suitable for a stable release yet.

Does that answer your question?

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RE: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread mhv 
Dear Falk and Lists

You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...

Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2 version,
without having to be a Debian expert?

I'm copying this to debian-alpha@lists.debian.org and
debian-x@lists.debian.org for further comments from you and others...

Best Regards
Martin Hvidberg

¤ -Original Message-
¤ From: Falk Hueffner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
¤ Sent: 22. oktober 2002 13:18
¤ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
¤ Subject: Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha
¤ 
¤ 
¤ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
¤ 
¤ > I read your reply as an advise to install the new version (Sarge),
¤ > which is now in it's "testing" phase. It that correctely understood?
¤ 
¤ No, new packages take a few weeks to appear there, and XFree is too
¤ new.  So you need "unstable" (sid). As the name implies, it is a bit
¤ unstable currently (new libc), so perhaps you should rather wait till
¤ xfree 4.2 reaches testing.
¤ 
¤ -- 
¤   Falk
¤ 

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RE: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-10-22 Thread mhv 
Dear Falk and Lists

You'r right, new unstable libc sounds a bit to unstable for me...

Is there any way to replase the xfree86 4.1 in Woody with the 4.2 version,
without having to be a Debian expert?

I'm copying this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for further comments from you and others...

Best Regards
Martin Hvidberg

¤ -Original Message-
¤ From: Falk Hueffner [mailto:falk.hueffner@;student.uni-tuebingen.de]
¤ Sent: 22. oktober 2002 13:18
¤ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
¤ Subject: Re: # Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha
¤ 
¤ 
¤ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
¤ 
¤ > I read your reply as an advise to install the new version (Sarge),
¤ > which is now in it's "testing" phase. It that correctely understood?
¤ 
¤ No, new packages take a few weeks to appear there, and XFree is too
¤ new.  So you need "unstable" (sid). As the name implies, it is a bit
¤ unstable currently (new libc), so perhaps you should rather wait till
¤ xfree 4.2 reaches testing.
¤ 
¤ -- 
¤   Falk
¤ 

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Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson 
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 04:43:33PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> OK, I've uploaded the packages to
> 
> http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/
> 
> No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box.

Excellent!  Glad to hear it.  Thanks for building these; I'll add them
to the X Strike Force page shortly.

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Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson 

On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 04:43:33PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> OK, I've uploaded the packages to
> 
> http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/
> 
> No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box.

Excellent!  Glad to hear it.  Thanks for building these; I'll add them
to the X Strike Force page shortly.

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Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Falk Hueffner 
Hi,

OK, I've uploaded the packages to

http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/

No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box.

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Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Falk Hueffner 

Hi,

OK, I've uploaded the packages to

http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/

No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box.

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Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Falk Hueffner 
Hi,

I've built and installed the packages, and they seem to work fine.
Nice work.  I could upload them to people.debian.org if anybody is
interested.

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Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Falk Hueffner 

Hi,

I've built and installed the packages, and they seem to work fine.
Nice work.  I could upload them to people.debian.org if anybody is
interested.

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