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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

[Request]
Update of xorg-server from version 1.6.3-xx to 1.6.4-2

[Justification]
1.6.4 is a bug-fix release that provide ~20 patches, fixing a number of critical issues.

5 of the 20 patches are ones we already carry, having cherrypicked them
earlier.

4 more of the 20 patches solve severe issues (X crashes or performance
problems).  One of these four patches will fix launchpad bug 445491.

5 more address lower priority issues but look quite safe.

The remainder are probably irrelevant to us (version number changes,
fixes for warnings, dropping dead code, etc.)  The patch that drops dead
code I would exclude since it changes a lot of code for no tangible
benefit to us, the others look entirely harmless.  The one that drops
dead code already has been shown to cause one regression (a fix is
included) so far, which is yet another reason for us to exclude it.

[Testing]
1.6.4-2 has only recently been released so has not received extensive testing, however an RC of it has been in xorg-edgers several days so presumably has gotten some testing there.  The exact package we're looking at including is currently in Debian so has received some testing there.

[Contingency]
Due to the small number of changes involved in this update, if there are regressions it will be pretty straightforward to revert individual patches.

Alternatively, if desired it would not be hard to just cherrypick each
of the desired fixes and apply them on our existing 1.6.3 xserver.  But
I am filing this FFe since I suspect by the time I'm done cherrypicking
I'll have pretty much pulled in all of 1.6.4-2 anyway...

** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Summary changed:

- FFe for updating xorg-server to 1.6.5
+ FFe for updating xorg-server to 1.6.4-2

** Description changed:

  [Request]
- Update of xorg-server from version 1.6.3-xx to 1.6.5-1
+ Update of xorg-server from version 1.6.3-xx to 1.6.4-2
  
  [Justification]
- 1.6.4 and 1.6.5 are bug-fix releases that provide 20 patches, fixing a number of critical issues.
+ 1.6.4 is a bug-fix release that provide ~20 patches, fixing a number of critical issues.
  
  5 of the 20 patches are ones we already carry, having cherrypicked them
  earlier.
  
  4 more of the 20 patches solve severe issues (X crashes or performance
  problems).  One of these four patches will fix launchpad bug 445491.
  
  5 more address lower priority issues but look quite safe.
  
- The remaining 6 are probably irrelevant to us (version number changes,
+ The remainder are probably irrelevant to us (version number changes,
  fixes for warnings, dropping dead code, etc.)  The patch that drops dead
  code I would exclude since it changes a lot of code for no tangible
  benefit to us, the others look entirely harmless.  The one that drops
- dead code already has been shown to cause one regression (which was
- fixed in 1.6.5) so far, which is yet another reason for us to exclude
- it.
+ dead code already has been shown to cause one regression (a fix is
+ included) so far, which is yet another reason for us to exclude it.
  
  [Testing]
- 1.6.5 has only recently been released so has not received extensive testing, however an RC of it has been in xorg-edgers several days so presumably has gotten some testing there.  The exact package we're looking at including is currently in Debian so has received some testing there.
+ 1.6.4-2 has only recently been released so has not received extensive testing, however an RC of it has been in xorg-edgers several days so presumably has gotten some testing there.  The exact package we're looking at including is currently in Debian so has received some testing there.
  
  [Contingency]
  Due to the small number of changes involved in this update, if there are regressions it will be pretty straightforward to revert individual patches.
  
  Alternatively, if desired it would not be hard to just cherrypick each
  of the desired fixes and apply them on our existing 1.6.3 xserver.  But
  I am filing this FFe since I suspect by the time I'm done cherrypicking
- I'll have pretty much pulled in all of 1.6.5 anyway...
+ I'll have pretty much pulled in all of 1.6.4-2 anyway...

-- 
FFe for updating xorg-server to 1.6.4-2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447010
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