Re: tracking OpenGL support for specific boards

2018-11-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> What would help further would be for such information having references >> to sources, and each information point be referencable (not only the >> dataset as a whole). > Isn't this already done for us here? > https://gpuinfo.org/ I don't see any reference to sources. Also I see it as "Ubuntu" a

Re: armel after Stretch

2017-01-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
> jenkins.d.n would be the place to put full-system cross-grading tests. > piuparts would be the place to put per-package cross-grading tests. FWIW, I just went through a cross-grade of a Lil'Debi chroot from armel to armhf. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who's not used to command line use of

Re: Libre graphics could become the standard if we push right now

2016-01-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> So I think it is very important that we support AMD right now on what we >> can, and ask manufacturers to include AMD graphics in those products. > You do realize that AMD graphics need proprietary firmware to have > proper 3D acceleration without which you probably couldn't run any game > at al

Bug#803303: general: Standardized troubleshooting

2015-10-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
Package: general Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, I've been using Debian on all my machines for many years and am generally very happy with it but I recently realized that my experience could have been even better (both for me and for the maintainers of all the packages I use) if it were easie

Re: [ltp] Re: double checking Debian's 686-pae vs. -486 probe

2011-05-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > Say, for the sake of sharing a single .deb offline, what bad thing might >> > happen if I run the -486 kernel on my other machines where I could run >> > the -pae kernel? >> Nothing serious, unless they have a lot of RAM (in which case the kernel >> may not be able to make use of all of it). >

Bug#548661: dpkg: Override package dependencies

2009-09-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
reassign 548661 apt thanks >> But as seen in bug#542095, some dependencies are not really hard, yet >> you don't want them to be "recommends" because that would be too easy >> for users to ignore. So bug#542095 shows that there is a need for >> something between "recommends" and true dependencies