[ubuntu-x] list of video drivers that are candidates for removal

[Bryce Harrington]

Thanks for compiling this list.  I definitely agree with dropping all of
them (including neomagic and s3) from video-all and unsubscribing
ubuntu-x-swat from them.

I don't see harm in leaving them in the archive unmaintained if upstream
and debian are still keeping them buildable against the xserver and
stuff.  Although, if they are just cruft at this point, there may not be
much value in having them in the archive in any case.

Bryce

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 03:56:14PM +0300, TImo Aaltonen wrote:
> 
> 	Hi
> 
>   I looked at the list of video drivers we carry to identify the ones
> that could be dropped from the meta package deps and/or from the archive:
> 
> apm
>  - LP: only bugs ever filed were sync requests
>  - Debian: only has one archived bug about a wrong dependency
>  - upstream bugs http://tinyurl.com/3wrfnku
>    + all closed, nothing recent
> 
> ark
>  - LP: only bugs ever filed on LP were sync requests
>  - Debian: no bugs filed
>  - upstream bugs http://tinyurl.com/3vju5hd
>    + one recent bugfix (28249)
> 
> chips
>  - LP: only real bug from late 2008 (#312707) was about autoloading on a
>    440BX based hw, which itself is from the 90's
>  - Debian: one bug in recent years, upstream 18122
>  - upstream bugs http://tinyurl.com/3eueuo3
>    + bug 18122 fixed 2y ago, two old bugs open
> 
> glide
>  - LP: only bug reported was a sync request
>  - Debian: only policy violation bugs
>  - upstream: no bugs filed
> 
> glint
>  - LP: only sync requests filed
>  - Debian: no open bugs, most recent 2y old
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3e4z7rd
>    + all fixed
> 
> i128
>  - LP: no open bugs
>  - Debian: no open bugs, previous one filed in 2002
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3gldz69
>    + three old bugs open
> 
> i740
>  - LP: no open bugs
>  - Debian: no bugs filed
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3d7mq2d
>    + three oldish bugs open
> 
> rendition
>  - LP: fakesync bug open, and one crasher
>  - Debian: three bugs ever filed, only real one 10y ago
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3e597zu
>    + three bugs filed, all fixed
> 
> s3virge
>  - LP: all filed bugs closed as expired
>  - Debian: last filed bug filed 5y ago, closed as expired
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3zua5qq
>    + 6 open bugs
> 
> tseng
>  - LP: only sync-reqs, no open bugs
>  - Debian: no bugs filed
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3kgh2q2
>    + three open bugs, one recent one with a patch
> 
> voodoo
>  - LP: no open bugs
>  - Debian: one bug filed (manpage typo)
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3mnso6c
>    + only one bug ever filed
> 
> Perhaps we still need these:
> 
> neomagic
>  - LP: three open bugs
>  - Debian: no open bugs,
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3cwh8lp
>    + 5 open bugs
>  - quite popular in semi-old laptops that are still used
> 
> s3
>  - LP: two open bugs
>  - Debian: latest bug filed early last year, no bugs open
>  - upstream: bugs filed http://tinyurl.com/3sjazqe
>    + 3 open bugs
>  - used in some virtualisation setups?
> 
> 
> The rest of the drivers are more or less needed.
> 
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