Hi all, Once upon a time :-)
Six months ago I filed a bug against Mesa for Ubuntu 8.04. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/283175 I supplied the effects, test case and even a backported patch. This then gets wishlisted to sit idle for six months until today. After pain of dealing with the RC Mesa in Ubuntu 8.04 ever since, I decided to email the technical board about why it and all releases should be based on a full release of Mesa + patches only, giving developers a clean base to work with. Mark Shuttleworth replied in a positive manner and indicated the prime example of why yes we should which was Firefox. This then got taken to this list and the public and after I filed the following general bug for an update of Mesa complete to a release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/344710 Today the bug above was marked 'won't fix' as was submitted: Indeed this has sat orphaned for too long already. I close it as wontfix now, since it is really not worth (potentially) breaking existing installations to introduce new code. ** Changed in: mesa (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix I raised the example of my first bug report at the top with Martin Pitti on IRC and was told this should also be closed as 'won't fix'. Now totally sick and wondering why contribute I agreed. The bug was closed thus by Martin: Indeed this has sat orphaned for too long already. I close it as wontfix now, since it is really not worth (potentially) breaking existing installations to introduce new code. ** Changed in: mesa (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix OK, that is the background. How do you successfully get an update? I think I have tried to do my part and contribute. Regards Phil
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