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

Wed Oct 19 18:35:39 CEST 2011

2011/10/19 Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie>:
+> '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
+>
+
+There's already new version 3.2.1.1 available, but I'm not going to
+touch (read: broke) it. (:
+