Re: approval_X11R6.8.x requested: [Bug 1843] Link stage oflibOSMesa.so.4.0 fails every couple of months with "too manysymbols require `small' PIC references" : [Attachment 1301]Patch for 2004-11-12-trunk

Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:17:07AM +0100, Roland Mainz wrote:
> > Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:51:12PM -0800, [email protected] wrote:
> > > > Requesting approval for X11R6.8.x-branch.
> > > >
> > > > I know that the nomination period for normal patches is over but this issue
> > > > permanently harasses the developers - it's having a habit of lying low, like a
> > > > rake in the grass and waiting there to hit you at moments when you really don't
> > > > expect it. I'd like to see this bug dead dead dead... :)
> > >
> > > Ouch, read it as the 17th originally.  I haven't yet had time to
> > > nominate patches (our 6.8.1 packages just got released earlier this
> > > week), and I've been stuck on other tasks for the rest of the week.
> > > Would you mind if I filed and nominated until the 16th?
> >
> > I am not done yet with making triage comments for the remaining patches
> > in the approval queue (yes, I know, I am too slow... ;-( ), I am still
> > hoping to see the one or other approval request by Egbert Eich (like for
> > the gb18030 stuff :) and maybe the DragonFly people may come up with a
> > final patch for their platform, too. So you're not alone with being late
> > - and it's weekend anyway :)
> 
> Cool, thanks. :)

Please don't forget that the patches should be in Xorg "trunk" before
requesting approval for the X11R6.8.x-branch...

> > No objections from my side (it would be nice if you can complete your
> > approval requests at the end of sunday if possible :)
> 
> Mmm.  Unfortunately I answer to a higher order than work or X.Org, so I
> have been instructed (under penalty of death, or worse than, for
> non-compliance) to go seek photos of Copenhagen while I'm visiting
> today, and then I fly to London tomorrow.

... which reminds me that if my "higher order" figures out that I didn't
slept for more than a day than she's going to do something worse than
death, too... ;-/

> But the hotel in London has
> free internet access, so I should get it sorted tonight/tomorrow mostly,
> with some overflow into Monday.

Well, I said "... it would be nice...", I didn't said anything like
"mandatory"/"must"/etc. ... :) The only problem with that is that the
triaging/discussion of patches should be moved to this list if possible
since it took one hour of fridays's phone call to crawl throught half
the list. Monday's release-wranglers call should be done in less time if
possible (otherwise my phone bill is likely going to ruin me, I already
live in fear of the bill of nov ... ;-() ... and somehow that's slightly
problematic if a large amount of patches gets it's approval request
10mins before the monday call is made.

> The other thing I'd like to throw up is benh's upcoming PowerPC patch,
> which IMHO is really, really, really important.

... that one then may fall under the category "important/critical
patches" ... :)

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Bye,
Roland

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