Re: F37 Change: Legacy Xorg Driver Removal (System-Wide Change proposal)

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On Thu, 2022-04-21 at 10:10 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:06 PM Kevin Kofler via devel
> <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > Right now it's not entirely clear whether this is considered part of
> > > the Change scope or not. The paragraph about the `uvesafb` driver seems
> > > kind of aspirational and doesn't seem to commit to anything. The
> > > "Benefit to Fedora" section states "Verified modern supported paths for
> > > cases currently handled by vesa/fbdev", but I'm not 100% clear what is
> > > meant by that.
> > 
> > IMHO, it is not acceptable to remove the vesa driver without having
> > something like uvesafb to replace it.
> 
> I like how I'm being told _not_ to find out where the remaining bugs
> are in our native drivers, and instead preserve something awful for
> eternity.

Well, come on, you're not being "told" anything. Neither me nor Kevin
is your boss. This is a Change proposal, it's sent to this list for
people to discuss it and provide feedback on it. That's what we're
doing.


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