[ubuntu-x] xorg-server 1.19 backporting plan for hwe-16.04

[Timo Aaltonen]

On 10.04.2017 18:30, Laércio de Sousa wrote:
> Sorry for my truncated previous message!
> 
> I'm interested in building my own backported Xorg-server 1.19 stack for
> xenial in ppa:ubuntu-multiseat/ppa in such a way that these packages
> will be naturally replaced with official ones when they're available.
> However, I've found that current zesty xorg-server and related packages
> have some dependencies not satisfied in xenial, namely:
> 
> * x11proto-core >= 7.0.31
> * libxfont >= 2.0.1
> * libdrm >= 2.4.76
> 
> Which will be your backporting plan for xorg-server 1.19 in hwe-16.04
> stack? Just backporting x11proto-core/libxfont/libdrm for xenial-
> updates? Forking these packages, renaming them with hwe-16.04 suffix?
> Trying to patch xorg-server and related packages to make them build with
> current x11proto-core/libxfont/libdrm versions available in xenial? Any
> other?

Not sure about coreproto, but the others will be backported as is.


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