[PATCH:xf86-input-mouse 1/2] Raise bar for xorg-server to 1.7 for XINPUT ABI 7

Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia jeremyhu at apple.com
Tue Jul 24 12:02:56 PDT 2012


On Jul 24, 2012, at 11:25, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:

> On 07/24/12 11:01 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote:
>> LOL, I guess that's one way to do it ;)
> 
> Yes, we could have fixed it by adding more #ifdefs, but does anyone
> still need a brand new mouse driver to work with Xorg 1.6?  We're
> just raising the bar one notch here and still supporting the last
> 3 years worth of xorg-server releases, so once whot noticed it was
> broken, figured now was a good a time as any to move forward.

Yes, I agree.  Plus too many #ifdefs make my eyes go wonky.

> And I'm planning to call this release xf86-input-mouse 1.8.0, so if
> anyone really needs 1.6 support they can fork a 1.7.x branch.

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, just to be safe.



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