Xorg Version numbers

[Jeremy Huddleston]

The 4.x version numbers most likely refer to the old XFree86 version  
numbers.
X11R6.x basically refers to the monolithic code base version before  
packages got split up
X11R7.x basically refers to a set of packages (each with their own  
version number) that makes up an X11 release
X11R7.2 contained xserver-1.2
X11R7.3 contained xserver-1.4
X11R7.4 will contain xserver-1.5

--Jeremy

On Aug 8, 2008, at 13:55, <fossks at cox.net> <fossks at cox.net> wrote:

> I apologize for asking such as basic question but could someone  
> clarify the version numbering system used within Xorg.
>
> I've been the Xorg website where it states that 7.3 is the current  
> version.  I've ran across a number of sites where they are using  
> numbers now like 1.4.2, 1.4.0.90, 1.3, etc.   It doesn't seem to  
> match.
>
> And when I thought it couldn't get more confusing, I found xorg  
> input driver modules like evo_drv.so that give errors when they are  
> used because they were compiled against 4.3.99 when the driver  
> vendor states they support Xorg versions 7.2 and earlier.
>
> Major sites like Distrowatch use all of these numbers so I would  
> really like to get it cleared up from the people who should know.
>
> Thanks.
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