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[arch-dev-public] Xorg-server 1.9 changes
by Jan de Groot 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello all, As some might have noticed on the commit list, I've been busy with xorg-server 1.9. This times we're doing things way different than the past. This release comes with another API/ABI bump for both input and video drivers, so old drivers are no longer compatible with this version of xorg-server. All drivers with source available have been updated to work with xorg-server 1.9. Server releasenotes: xorg-server has been split: - xorg-server-common - common files used by all other subpackages. - xorg-server - the usual X.Org server people will use. - xorg-server-xnest - Xnest server. - xorg-server-xephyr - Xephyr server. - xorg-server-xvfb - XVfb server. - xorg-server-xdmx - Xdmx server. - xorg-server-devel - the only package required for building drivers. All conflicts and versioned dependencies have been removed. The reason for this is that though we handle dependencies/conflicts a bit, it was still possible to install a new server with old drivers, resulting in the same broken system as the other way around. We don't want to spend time in tracking all these versions all the time, especially when it comes to binary driver compatibility. Some utilities have been removed from the dependency tree. It is possible that some applications still need these things to operate correctly, but they're still in the xorg group. Driver releasenotes: Versioned dependencies are gone. Makedependencies have been updated to match only the required packages. Binary drivers have not been updated. These drivers may or may not work, depending on vendor support. For binary drivers that are not supported officially, adding an IgnoreABI option to the X configuration might help.

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] mpfr-3.0.0-2
by Allan McRae 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Apply upstream patchset (p3) as they do not appear to make regular bug-fix releases any more... All test-suite passes. Signoff-both, Allan

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[arch-dev-public] libxf86misc library and related protocol removal
by Jan de Groot 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Since input properties have been introduced in xorg-server, the xf86misc extension has been deprecated. The extension has already been removed from xorg-server, so there's no server side implementation anymore. I removed the dependency from all remaining clients, except for kdebase-workspace, which is in both testing and extra at this moment. The dependency has already removed from kdebase-workspace in svn. Please remove this dependency from your chroots and make sure packages no longer build against it. When the last packages have the dependency removed, I can take the package out of the repository.

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Re: [arch-dev-public] [arch-general] rc.conf man page
by Dan McGee 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Dave Reisner <d(a)falconindy.com> wrote: > I threw together a man page for rc.conf based on info gleaned from the > Wiki, rc.conf itself, and my own experiences. I offer it up for for > adoption into the initscripts package along with comments, critcisms, > and rotten tomatoes. The format is asciidoc, which is the same format > used by pacman. > > If desirable, I'm willing to compile other pages for system config files > in a similar manner. I like the idea of having manpages for this stuff. netcfg(8) already has a manpage, pacman has manpages, etc. and this is in the psuedo-standard asciidoc we've used for a lot of it. Do any of the developers object to adding some documentation to this Arch-specific stuff and having it be built and installed with the relevant packages? It is also a great way for people to get involved that don't feel as confident coding. -Dan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] sqlite3 3.7.1-1
by Andreas Radke 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Upstream update. Should fix http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20366 and adds support for unlock notification API http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/19827. Please test and give signoffs. -Andy See also http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_7_1.html + http://www.sqlite.org/news.html

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] mlocate-0.22.4-2
by Allan McRae 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Added vboxsf to the list of pruned filesystems (FS#20234). Signoff both, Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] tzdata 2010l-1
by Andreas Radke 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

new timezones - yeah. please signoff. -Andy The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2010l.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2010l.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list, minus the worldtimezone URL change. --ado

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] ed 1.4-3 / bin86
by Andreas Radke 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Rebuilds removing the "base-devel" group because they are of rarely use, closes http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18718 No other changes. Please signoff. -Andy

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.3-1
by Tobias Powalowski 22 Aug '10

22 Aug '10

Latest kernel is in testing, please signoff for both arches. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] make-3.82-1
by Allan McRae 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Upstream release announcement: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.announce/browse_thread/thread/d6a3f5691a… Signoff both, Allan

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