Add package fglrx-experimental for tracking fglrx beta drivers
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
jockey (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone |
Bug Description
[Impact]
AMD posts beta versions of their drivers to be tested over several weeks. These drivers usually include important features and fixes but also sometimes include known issues or regressions that make them unsuitable or too risky for us to consider inclusion in the fglrx-updates package.
However certain commercial Linux games require features/fixes present only in these AMD beta drivers at the time of their release. Ubuntu users who purchase these games currently have to manually install the beta driver (or wait a month or two for it to appear in -updates). Providing these drivers via fglrx-experimental will enable them to install and run the game within the Ubuntu packaging system.
[Fix]
The fglrx-experimen
The fglrx-experimen
The control file for the experimental package proposed for precise has some differences from the one in quantal, and also has some differences against the non-experimental fglrx driver in precise. Here is an explanation of those differences in turn:
* Conflicts/Replaces on fglrx-*-modaliases (from precise's fglrx package) are no longer needed. The modaliases packages were used in previous releases but no longer exist in precise. Since people can't upgrade from those previous versions directly to fglrx*experimental, there is no need to have Conflicts/Replaces.
* Conflicts/
[Regression Potential]
The reason we're adding this package in the first place is because of concerns that beta drivers will have a high risk of regressions. Thus, users need to be aware they are taking these risks when they opt-in to the driver.
As mentioned above, fglrx and fglrx-updates will still be available to them in case they have problems. In a worst case scenario they may need to do this from a recovery session.
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Raring): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Precise): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Raring): | |
assignee: | Alberto Milone (albertomilone) → nobody |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Raring): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Raring): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Raring): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
no longer affects: | fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Quantal) |
no longer affects: | jockey (Ubuntu Quantal) |
no longer affects: | jockey (Ubuntu Raring) |
no longer affects: | fglrx-installer-experimental-9 (Ubuntu Raring) |
Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,
Accepted jockey into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http:// launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ jockey/ 0.9.7-0ubuntu7. 5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification- failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance!