[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#585433: Bug#585433: Bug#585433: New versions should depend on xorg-video-abi-8.0 also

[Michael Gilbert]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:44:47 +0100, Vedran Furač wrote:
> On 29.11.2010 09:14, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> 
> > Am 28.11.2010 23:40, schrieb Vedran Furač:
> >> New fglrx version supports Xorg server 1.9 from experimental but it's
> >> uninstallable because of depends on xorg-video-abi-6.0 only.
> > 
> > Yes, because it is meant for the Xorg release for squeeze. If Squeeze 
> > has been release I will switch on xorg 1.9.
> 
> But packages uploaded to experimental are not intended to directly end
> up in squeeze. You can put version for squeeze in unstable and have
> experimental fglrx packages depend on experimental xorg versions. That's
> why we have experimental, right?

Yes, a fix can certainly go into the experimental package; someone just
needs to do the work.  I personally won't be spending time on it since
I'm not really interested in using the experimental version, but
patches are certainly welcome.

Best wishes,
Mike