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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

[Request]
Standing FFe exceptions in Karmic for -ati until 6.13.0 (or 7.0.0?) release, libdrm until 2.4.13 (or 2.5.0?), and mesa until 7.6.0 in order to gain Kernel Mode-setting for ATI graphics hardware.

[Rationale]
KMS on -ati is a major goal for the Karmic release, yet KMS is not yet available in an official release.  We have been carrying git snapshots of -ati, libdrm, and mesa in order to follow the current development, to enable testing and QA to proceed in parallel with upstream's work, so when a release does come we can integrate it with minimal worry.

[Testing]
In addition to validating updates on my own hardware, all git snapshot updates to Karmic are done only after the given snapshot has had some testing time in the xorg-edgers PPA repository.  A number of users run this ppa and file bug reports when they spot problems, so this will help us avoid most critical issues.  As well, by waiting a few days this lets us check the current git master to see if upstream put in important bug fixes.

** Affects: libdrm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: mesa (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: libdrm (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: mesa (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu Karmic)
   Importance: Wishlist
       Status: New

** Also affects: mesa (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: libdrm (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Summary changed:

- FFe for updating -ati/mesa/libdrm git snapshots until release
+ FFe for updating -ati/mesa/libdrm git snapshots until their individual releases

** Changed in: mesa (Ubuntu Karmic)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: libdrm (Ubuntu Karmic)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

-- 
FFe for updating -ati/mesa/libdrm git snapshots until their individual releases
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420803
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