On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:07:02PM +0200, Peter Galiovsky wrote:
Hello,
after doing a system upgrade after some months, I found out the hard way that the HAL support was removed from xorg-server. I wasted a full hour trying to get my keyboard layouts back before realizing my recreated policy file is fine, it is just not being used...
Is there any place -- other than arch-dev-public which I do not read -- where changes in testing are announced and that could save me headaches like this?
(Besides, I'm not using an US layout and had no issues with the Xkb configuration through HAL...)
Thanks, :g
Keep an eye on the bug tracker and the arch-dev-public mailing list. Changes in testing are not announced. They are discussed in either or both of the above places. The issue you are refering to started in the forum, moved to the bugtracker and then was discussed on the public dev mailing list.
Greg
And as far as I can see, the testing repo is what it means : for testing! Packages are tested, and breakages / changes are often found during that period. When these changes are normal and/or unavoidable, an announcement is usually made before they are pushed to core / extra. Testing is for people who are willing to contribute to the stability and smooth upgrades of core/extra packages, who have time to figure things out when a breakage happen (which sometimes means spending a few hours, and getting headaches), who update regularly (more than every few months), and who follow arch-dev-public. No one can prevent people who don't fit all these requirements to use testing, but at least they should be aware of them.