[Mageia-dev] [changelog] cauldron core/release gdm-3.2.1-1.mga2

Wed Oct 19 17:39:20 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 19/10/11 13:45 did gyre and gimble:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Jani Välimaa at 19/10/11 10:38 did gyre and gimble:
+>> 2011/10/19 Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie>:
+>>> 'Twas brillig, and Mageia Team at 19/10/11 07:26 did gyre and gimble:
+>>>> Name        : gdm                          Relocations: (not relocatable)
+>>>> Version     : 3.2.1                             Vendor: Mageia.Org
+>>>> Release     : 1.mga2                        Build Date: Wed Oct 19 08:18:14 2011
+>>>> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: ecosse
+>>>> Group       : Graphical desktop/GNOME       Source RPM: (none)
+>>>> Size        : 1702567                          License: GPLv2+
+>>>> Signature   : (none)
+>>>> Packager    : Mageia Team <http://www.mageia.org>
+>>>> URL         : http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/
+>>>> Summary     : The GNOME Display Manager
+>>>> Description :
+>>>> Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable
+>>>> reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log
+>>>> into your system with the X Window System running and supports running
+>>>> several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.
+>>>>
+>>>> wally <wally> 3.2.1-1.mga2:
+>>>> + Revision: 156474
+>>>> - new version 3.2.1
+>>>> - create own subpackage for gir .typelib
+>>>> - clean .spec a bit
+>>>
+>>> For packages that have a pretty high impact, you probably should test it
+>>> before updating.
+>>>
+>>> In this case 3.2.1 introduces a new dconf system which totally breaks if
+>>> you don't do some %post stuff to update the actual data file.
+>>>
+>>> These instructions were clearly documented and if you'd tested the
+>>> package even minimally, you'd have seen the problem and no doubt found
+>>> this commit quickly (I saw the problem, did a temporary fix), logged in,
+>>> looked in git and found the commit immediately and then fixed the spec
+>>> accordingly).
+>>>
+>>> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?h=gnome-3-2&id=25004e4d11bbd2e8a22d5bcf49f294e9f63d2ce5
+>>>
+>>>
+>>> So please in future, be considerate and test these packages before
+>>> pushing otherwise you'll get a lot of unhappy users who cannot log in!
+>>>
+>>
+>> Sorry, my bad. I'll do more thorough testing next time. I did read
+>> NEWS and all, but didn't notice anything "abnormal" so I didn't test
+>> the pkg enough.
+>>
+>> Luckily you were awake and fixed package pretty fast. Thx for that.
+> 
+> Yeah I've asked Ray on IRC to add a bit more info about that change  (it
+> should have been in NEWS IMO)...
+
+Just for reference, I spoke to Ray a bit and it seems the whole
+mechanism is a bit rubbish (he says so himself) and will change soon, so
+we should keep our eyes open for the next release and any changes it brings.
+
+Discussion on the matter here:
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662168
+
+Col
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
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