Bug#1052227: bookworm-pu (pre-approval): mutter/43.8-0+deb12u1

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Sun, 2023-09-24 at 11:31 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 at 20:44:14 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 11:26 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > > Several new upstream bugfix releases. I've been trying to get
> > > these
> > > into
> > > a suitable state for a stable update since 12.1, but every time
> > > I've
> > > been testing one long enough to think about asking for upload
> > > approval,
> > > there have been more bugfixes upstream and the cycle starts
> > > again.
> > > 
> > > This might be the last upstream bugfix release in the 43.x
> > > series,
> > > or we might get a 43.9.
> > > 
> > 
> > Please go ahead.
> 
> To be clear, do you want this and the accompanying gnome-shell update
> uploaded in time for 12.2, or should I upload them after 12.2 for
> inclusion in 12.3 as I suggested in the request?
> 

I'm more than happy to trust your judgement here. If you'd rather wait
until 12.3, that's fine. There's certainly no need to rush from the SRM
side.

> I have been asked to roll one additional change into this update:
> updating the (non-upstream) triple-buffering patch to its latest
> version, which fixes an issue where some session types (Xorg and some
> video drivers like Raspberry Pi) would only refresh at 30fps rather
> than the intended 60fps, fixing 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/2017137
> and
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/2017097. I have
> not tested that change yet, but the equivalent for mutter 44 has been
> in Ubuntu since May. After I've tested it in v43 on Debian, would
> that be OK to include? The additional diff (beyond what you already
> saw) will be what's attached, plus a changelog entry.
> 

That sounds OK; thanks.

Regards,

Adam