I have an update on the status of the v2 -intel xorg driver backport for feisty.
The problem we are having is that this package is in universe in feisty. We don't have a policy of updating packages in universe post-release, and I'm not even sure that our archive process will allow it. The -proposed and -updates pockets are for packages in main. We can put it in the backports pocket, however, this pocket isn't enabled by default in normal installations. The other issue is that even if we did a big dance and moved this to main (doing this post-release is also way beyond what we normally do), it still wouldn't resolve the issue. For one, it's not part of the default install even if it is in main, and secondly, it wouldn't help people trying to install from live CDs. Respinning CDs would require a lot of testing, and would still only benefit users who download the images, not ones getting pressed CDs from shipit. So the overhead here isn't really matching up with the benefit. What I've discussed with Colin, and I'm waiting to hear back from him on, is to simply create a backport package for Dell to use internally on their factory image, and document that if people wish to install Ubuntu with something other than the recovery process on this system, they will need to wait for gutsy to be released (which is in October). Does this seem like an optimal solution? -- Dell 1420 (Lanai) Intel i965 not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119232 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
