Bring on the release wrangling

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Wed Sep 13 15:53:44 PDT 2006


On Wednesday 13 September 2006 16:30, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Adam Jackson wrote:
> > For the nomination phase, if you own a module, kindly speak up as to
> > which branch you want to be included in the 7.2 katamari, and which
> > branches (if any) you plan to merge between then and now.
>
> For the xdm module, which I'll admit to owning, I'm planning on a 1.1
> release from the head branch for 7.2.   (This brings in the PAM
> conversation rewrite for compatibility with modules with interaction beyond
> a single password prompt, and Xft support, plus a bunch of bugfixes.)
>
> For xtrans, which I'm currently touching but refuse to admit responsibility
> for, there's a couple more changes I'd like to get in and then release off
> the head branch.

Both sound fine.

> > For the X server, if you've got bits to merge, start talking about them
> > so we can decide what needs inclusion.
>
> Eamon Walsh & I have been discussing the possibility of merging
> XACE-modular branch to head for this release.   Is there anything people
> would want to see before we do this or anyone have a reason it shouldn't go
> in?   (It simply integrates the XACE framework and modifies the XC-Security
> & AppGroup implementations in the X server to use it - it does not provide
> the SELinux or Trusted Solaris extensions, but does provide the framework
> so that people working on or with them can just add them without having to
> patch the xserver.)

This seems reasonable, with the assumption that you somehow managed to find 
testcases for security and appgroup.

- ajax
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