On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:27 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've noticed a few old video chipsets are dropping off the edge of Xorg.
> The one thing that occurs to me is: make testing of git head much > easier. Much, much easier. > > 1. Nightly builds. Did wonders for Mozilla. Binary of main supported > architectures (linux/i386, opensolaris, whatever someone will be able > to commit to build nightly). Download and run. Report bugs. For Ubuntu there is the xorg-edgers PPA (personal package archive) which have done exactly this for years: https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers It is even easier than "download" because users can subscribe to it as a normal package repository (although we do not really recommend this for everyone) and get their daily crack through the "Update Manager". > 2. Make the source build easier, so people will build and run it from > source for the more obscure platforms. In the xorg-edgers team code section, there are scripts (for Debian family distros) to simplify building the whole stack from git and wrap it in Debian packages with no git or dpkg skills needed. > (I'm not a coder myself or I'd be bashing on 2., but I do like > reviving crusty old machinery.) Testing is very welcome. Typically users with newer material are the most keen users of the PPA since they often gain new features and higher performance. Those with older material unfortunately do not have the same incentive to keep trying the latest software. As an example the release of Ubuntu 9.10 exposed many issues for users with old ATI hardware which had not been reported before. On the other hand, the PPA is very popular among users with Intel hardware (because the quality of the driver in Ubuntu 9.04 reached a point where it could only improve) so we get instant feedback almost at a per-commit basis. Tormod _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg