On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:17:02PM -0000, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Oliver, I'm sorry but I haven't observed this behavior you describe on > any of the LX hardware I have access to.
> However, removing the symbolic link solved the issue on each and every > LX hardware I tested, while leaving it prevented X from launching, again > on every LX hardware I have access to. It turns out that the package that has been uploaded to -proposed was not a valid test. Although the changelog said the symlink had been re-added, it was not, and I didn't notice this when accepting the package. I'm uploading a package to -proposed, which does add the symlink back, *only* to the transitional -amd package. That means that any problems will be restricted to users who are upgrading from gutsy and have the -amd package still installed. I have asked Oliver to do a spot test by re-adding the symlink to his LTSP chroot by hand, to confirm that this breaks things for him too. I fully expect that it will. I have also asked Marc Tardif to do a local install test, to check whether this symlink breaks anything for users who aren't using LTSP's Xorg -configure, since that's the use case (users with a static xorg.conf who are upgrading) where we potentially have a regression from 8.04. *Only* if Marc reports that it works for him with the symlink present, I will accept the symlink-ing package into -proposed. (If he reports that it doesn't work, then presumably the symlink won't provide any benefit to users with static xorg.conf, either.) I'll give this to the end of day today (UTC-7) to be resolved; if we don't reach a resolution, I'll default to the package currently in -proposed which does not include the symlink. FWIW, I agree with you in principle that leaving the symbolic link there is postponing the inevitable; unfortunately, we have to contend with the fact that this symbolic link did *not* get dropped prior to the release of Ubuntu 8.04, and dropping it now may represent a regression for users who are already an Ubuntu 8.04. We should avoid that if at all possible. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- please add "geode" to driver list in hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219630 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
