xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt | 130 ++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 58c0ca7f5c2de8edd1ad5c1a32e71d65cc577432
Author: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Date: Sun Aug 14 22:43:18 2011 +0200
squeeze-backports: Fix typo.
diff --git a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
index a54ebd0..214a003 100644
--- a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
+++ b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ to: the server itself, input and video drivers, libdrm, and
mesa.
To keep things simple, the idea is to backport all of those to
`squeeze` through `squeeze-backports`, along with some of the
additional packages which might be involved (like `libxfont` or
-`x11proto-xfixes-dev`).
+`x11proto-fixes-dev`).
The backports were prepared so that it’s possible to upgrade the
`input-all` and `video-all` meta packages on `amd64` and `i386`. If
commit d60d3c7c6cdef76b029c0832fd277ca89e8b592e
Author: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Date: Sun Aug 14 22:39:45 2011 +0200
squeeze-backports: Update title, and drop ToC.
diff --git a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
index 300596d..a54ebd0 100644
--- a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
+++ b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Backports policy for squeeze
-============================
-:toc:
+Backports for squeeze
+=====================
Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
commit abb2a7005f0fadec0213962f06af3efa8a9ad0b5
Author: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Date: Sun Aug 14 22:38:34 2011 +0200
squeeze-backports: Mention best effort.
diff --git a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
index 5e0f265..300596d 100644
--- a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
+++ b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ To keep things simple, the idea is to backport all of those
to
additional packages which might be involved (like `libxfont` or
`x11proto-xfixes-dev`).
+The backports were prepared so that it’s possible to upgrade the
+`input-all` and `video-all` meta packages on `amd64` and `i386`. If
+specific drivers (maintained by the X Strike Force) are wanted,
+requesting them on the `debian-backports@` / `debian-x@` mailing lists
+should do the trick. For other drivers, please contact the relevant
+package maintainers.
+
Instructions
------------
commit 5b047a8a718a5e2aadfd06ad731b1996eb3181c2
Author: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Date: Sun Aug 14 22:06:42 2011 +0200
squeeze-backports: Rework doc.
diff --git a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
index 11c2e30..5e0f265 100644
--- a/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
+++ b/xsf-docs/reference/squeeze-backports.txt
@@ -4,73 +4,59 @@ Backports policy for squeeze
Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
-Proposed plans
---------------
+Bird’s-eye view
+---------------
If one forgets about libraries and clients, a whole X stack boils down
to: the server itself, input and video drivers, libdrm, and mesa.
-Since upgrading the server means upgrading all input and video drivers
-(more than 50 source packages), that’s certainly too much to backport,
-since we’re already trying to support `stable` (through stable
-updates), `testing`/`unstable`, and `experimental`. For example, in
-February 2011, that means `xorg-server` 1.7 in `stable`, 1.9 in
-`unstable` (and “soon” in `testing`), and 1.10 in `experimental`.
-
-So the plan is to keep `xorg-server` as it is in `squeeze` (possibly
-preparing/testing targeted fix if appropriate), and backporting
-drivers when possible. With API/ABI updates, the minimal server
-version required tend to get raised from time to time, but usually
-drivers can be built against a rather large range of server
-versions. In case a driver stop building against the server available
-in `stable`, we’ll likely stick to the highest version still building
-against it, and then tell people to upgrade the whole stack if they
-need something more recent (unless some trivial cherry-picking is
-possible, of course).
-
-The plan is to backport a few drivers on a possibly regular fashion,
-and other drivers upon request.
-
-
-Input drivers
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- * `evdev`: Linux-only keyboard & mouse/pointer driver.
- * `keyboard` and `mouse`: Needed for non-Linux ports.
- * `synaptics`: Better touchpad support than `evdev`.
-
-
-Video drivers
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- * `ati`: Drivers for ATI cards.
- * `intel`: Driver for Intel cards.
- * `nouveau`: Driver for NVidia cards. Not possible since upstream’s
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-xorg/driver/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau.git;a=commit;h=a4d580bf05d7aac1d486e5d1ba9a2201c026e5f5[a4d580bf05].
- * `fbdev` and `vesa`: Generic drivers.
- * `dummy`: Dummy driver, suitable when there’s no monitor connected.
-
-.Note
-There are a few other drivers for ATI cards (`mach64`, `r128`), which
-are pulled by `ati`, but there are versions available in `squeeze`
-already, so backporting them isn’t required.
-
-
-Libraries
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-The important libraries are `libdrm` and `mesa`. The former will
-likely get pulled at some point by a driver, so a backport will be
-needed for this library. The latter is under very heavy development,
-so one may want to try a new release or a snapshot without having to
-upgrade everything to `unstable`. It’s a huge package to build, so we
-link:../howto/build-mesa.html[documented how to build it] locally. But
-there’s some hope to make some weekly or daily builds available at
-some point.
-
-
-Kernel
-~~~~~~
-
-Some of those drivers might need a more recent kernel version than
-the one in `squeeze`, but hopefully it’ll be available through
-`squeeze-backports` as well.
+To keep things simple, the idea is to backport all of those to
+`squeeze` through `squeeze-backports`, along with some of the
+additional packages which might be involved (like `libxfont` or
+`x11proto-xfixes-dev`).
+
+
+Instructions
+------------
+
+The usual link:http://backports-master.debian.org/[backports instructions]
+apply. But let’s gather everything in a single place.
+
+Add that to your `sources.list`:
+----
+deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
+----
+
+Update your cache:
+----
+apt-get update
+----
+
+If you’re interested in just upgrading the usual `mesa` packages:
+----
+apt-get install -t squeeze-backports libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx
+----
+
+If you want the whole stack, we should distinguish between two
+cases.
+
+In the usual case, both the `xserver-xorg-input-all` and
+`xserver-xorg-video-all` meta packages were installed, and pulled a
+lot of packages, which should work for most users. In that case, due
+to a bug in `apt`, one has to remove the `wacom` input package before
+proceeding to the upgrade (the `xserver-xorg-input-all` package might
+be scheduled for removal as a consequence, but that doesn’t
+hurt). Then specifying a few packages to upgrade should pull
+everything from `squeeze-backports`.
+
+----
+apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-wacom
+apt-get install -t squeeze-backports xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all
+----
+
+In case only the needed packages were installed, like the `synaptics`
+input driver and the `intel` video driver, the following should be
+sufficient:
+----
+apt-get install -t squeeze-backports xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-video-intel
+----
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