[ubuntu-x] xorg-server 1.12 on X Updates PPA

[Bryce Harrington]

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 03:24:59PM -0300, Pedro Pedruzzi wrote:
> Hello, Bryce. Thanks for the reply.
> 
> Em 09-05-2012 02:57, Bryce Harrington escreveu:
> > Yes, we'd love to provide those updates.  I think we know what needs
> > done, it's just a time issue.  Is it something you'd be interested in
> > lending a hand on?
> 
> Yes, I'd love to give it a try.
> 
> However, my free-time has been scarce. So how much work is needed for
> this? (considering that I have never said "make" to X before ;-)

It's not super hard but we also all have rather full plates.
PPA updates fall into a second tier urgency so sometimes it takes a
while for us to get to them.  However, they're also things that are
quite easy for community folks to get involved with, so we like to
encourage involvement there.

> Do you have a sketch task list to accomplish this?

Yes, essentially what we're thinking is to set up one PPA for each
xserver point release, kind of like what the kernel team does with their
mainline kernel PPA.

So, each point release would need to have the debian packaging added,
and then a PPA created under the xorg-edgers team.  For the 12.0 release
it would probably require also including many of the protolibs and
drivers, but for subsequent point releases if there's no ABI changes
it'd probably just require updating the server.  Robert Hooker is the
expert at this process and can explain how to do it; you can catch him
on irc as sarvatt.  The process is a bit technical but it's documented
and largely scripted, so once you learn it, it should be pretty much
push button and watching for the next point release.

Bryce