#3328 Update Policy Exception Request: libdisplay-info
Closed: Accepted 18 days ago by fale. Opened a month ago by farchord.

I would like to make an update policy exception request for libdisplay-info. This package has a new version, 0.2.0, which is required for Plasma 6.3.

We checked the packages depending on it:

ngompa@fedora ~> sudo dnf rq --whatrequires libdisplay-info --qf "%{SOURCE_NAME}\n"
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
dxvk-native
gamescope
hyprland
kwin
libdisplay-info
mutter
weston
wlroots
wlroots0.17

@ngompa says that rebuilding those reverse dependancies is not a problem.

This would also be a blocker to bring Plasma 6.3 into Fedora 40.


Metadata Update from @ngompa:
- Issue tagged with: updates policy exception

a month ago

Could we get a bit more information on what is changing and whether this is a trivial rebuild for all of those other packages or whether they will need patching to support it?

The fact that weston and mutter are on that list makes me hesitate. Has the Workstation WG been made aware of this?

My understanding is that this is an ABI break and not an API break. F41 already has this version of libdisplay-info and everything builds fine.

But this can be tested in a COPR easily enough.

Here's verification that everything cleanly rebuilds with an updated libdisplay-info: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/ngompa/libdisplayinfo-f40-testrebuild/builds/

+1

F40 has about 5 months of life left, so I guess the update of Plasma makes sense.

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Metadata Update from @zbyszek:
- Issue tagged with: pending announcement

a month ago

Metadata Update from @fale:
- Issue untagged with: pending announcement

18 days ago

Metadata Update from @fale:
- Issue close_status updated to: Accepted
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

18 days ago

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