From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Valette Subject: Re: When will nouveau kernel tree be merged into master Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:24:15 +0200 Message-ID: <4A5627BF.10807@free.fr> References: <4A55DBDD.6030703@Free.fr> <6d4bc9fc0907090806h6b0f7de3i9f7ec673e2cc0e7d@mail.gmail.com> <4A560B8C.7070809@Free.fr> <6d4bc9fc0907090831n64ca31d1pf6d025ef290b3614@mail.gmail.com> <20090709193853.3dcff28c@daedalus.pq.iki.fi> Reply-To: eric.valette-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090709193853.3dcff28c-cxYvVS3buNOdIgDiPM52R8c4bpwCjbIv@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Pekka Paalanen Cc: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org Pekka Paalanen wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:31:43 +0200 > Maarten Maathuis wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Eric Valette wrote: >>> Maarten Maathuis wrote: >>>> There were no plans (and there are still no plans) to merge nouveau, >>>> simply because the code is still too untested and interfaces are still >>>> changing. >>>> >>> And it will continue as long as it is difficult to compile it from >>> source and it is not provided by distribution. So you are just hidding >>> problem not solving them. There is a "staging" tree for unpolished >>> drivers already in the kernel. The more people read the code and use, >>> the more it will stabilize rapidly. > > Stabilization includes the developers being happy with the API first. > This is not true yet. Testing is essential only after that. To me > it seems there is a nice user base already, generating more bug reports > than there is developer power to solve. > kde4 kwin not running using openGL as composing type is maybe my favorite bug! Then comes messa git nouveau being out of sync with the rest of nouveau code -- eric