Xfree or not Xfree? - Regression, progression, sanity, 3D and Xine

Mike A. Harris mharris at redhat.com
Wed Aug 27 02:04:25 UTC 2003


On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Jim Cornette wrote:

>> Downgrading metacity a few versions does not fix the problem.
>> 
>> Downgrading XFree86-* to 4.3.0-18 does fix the problem.
>> 
>> Looks like an XFree86 problem to me.
>> 
>> Got your barf bag handy?
>
>Are the newer versions of XFree86 going to be regressing? Is there any 
>sanity to versioning?

This is an OS development cycle.  Development is occuring.  Bugs 
get fixed, and problems get investigated.  Sometimes new problems 
creep up, and then get fixed again later on.

If you can't handle that, then don't run the betas.  This isn't 
meant for production usage by any longshot.  It's meant for 
testing purposes by those who expect to find bugs, and can deal 
with finding bugs, and reporting them so they can be fixed.

People using the software, expecting it will be rock solid stable 
when it is a beta, and then complaining does nobody any good 
whatsoever.


>I'm holding off on updating any more Xfree86 versions for awhile
>then.

Please do.  However, you should note that if you wait until the 
final version, and something has been fixed and is awaiting 
confirmation that it's been fixed, and nobody tests the fix, then 
it will likely remain broken.

For the time being, if you want a stable, tested, and official
product that is supported, use Red Hat Linux 9, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.  You definitely shouldn't be using a beta 
release or rawhide packages however if you expect them to not 
ever break.

Hope this clarifies things.


-- 
Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat





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