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Bug 138603 - Update for now-stable Xorg 7.0
Summary: Update for now-stable Xorg 7.0
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Project-specific documentation (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-06-30 11:10 UTC by michael@smith-li.com
Modified: 2006-06-30 12:04 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
modular-x-howto.patch (modular-x-howto.patch,1.51 KB, patch)
2006-06-30 11:11 UTC, michael@smith-li.com
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Description michael@smith-li.com 2006-06-30 11:10:10 UTC
Updates for the modular x guide now that modular x 7.0 is stable. (patch coming)
Comment 1 michael@smith-li.com 2006-06-30 11:11:11 UTC
Created attachment 90543 [details, diff]
modular-x-howto.patch

Removes the keywording instructions from the modular X guide, and puts in some warnings about binary drivers and xorg 7.1.
Comment 2 Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2006-06-30 11:38:43 UTC
1) You really should validate your XML before submitting patches. You open a warn tag but close a warning tag. See http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/doc/doc-tipsntricks.xml on how to setup and use xmllint to validate documents.

2) Modular X isn't yet stable on all architectures. In fact it's currently only stable on 2 of the 12 archtiectures it supports, therefore the instructions removed by this patch are still relevent to a large number of users. While I realise a number of those will be stabilising it in the coming days and weeks, I don't think those instructions should be removed altogether.

My suggestion would be to split the section on adding it modular X to package.keywords into a seperate section, telling users on the stable archs to skip it.

A quick suggestion, since you're updating the guide it might be a nice idea to add a bit on masking xorg 7.1 for architectures where both are usntable, given the current issues with the binary ati/nvidia drivers. Even a simple link to http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/chutzpah/2006/06/17/xorg_x11_7_1_and_binary_drivers would be good in my opinion.
Comment 3 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-06-30 12:04:38 UTC
The keywording section should not be removed, it's still useful for people wanting to use the ~arch modular X. I've already modified it to reflect the change to stable. I added the bit about binary drivers and 7.1, though.