375.20 long term release and libEGL glvnd implementation

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 00:25 +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> On Sat, 2016-11-19 at 00:48 +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've started preparing 375.20, it's been released as the new long term
> > branch.
> > 
> > There is a new libEGL.so.$VERSION file, which is added to the already
> > existing libEGL.so.1 and libEGL_nvidia.so.367.57.
> > 
> > I _think_ the new one is the glvnd based shared object, as the other 2
> > link to libgldispatch, but I'm not 100% sure. Any hint is welcome.
> > 
> > If only all the libraries followed the same pattern it would be a bit
> > easier to follow what's going on.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > Luca Boccassi
> 
> Hello Andreas,
> 
> I've added the new non-glvnd EGL library to libegl1-nvidia. I've tested
> switching between it and the glvnd package, and it seems to be all fine.
> 
> I have not yet tested the upgrade path - libegl1-nvidia is already a
> transitional dummy package in stretch, but it will not be once we push
> it there for users upgrading from jessie. I will try to find time to
> test the 340 -> 375 upgrade tomorrow. With the way I've set up the
> conflicts/replaces it should be fine, and the only thing that happens is
> that the default will be the non-glvnd library, which is not an issue
> imho.
> 
> If you have time to have a quick look (it's a small diff) I'd appreciate
> a comment on this. Thanks!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi

Also 375.20 adds ABI 23 compat, and the xserver1.19 transition is
getting ready:

https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/xserver1.19.html

So we should try to get this ready and in unstable.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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