X server 1.6 release schedule

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Tue Nov 18 11:29:11 PST 2008


On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 15:57 -0200, Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote:
> > I volunteered to manage an X server 1.6 release, tentatively scheduled
> > for the end of the year (yes, this year, 2008). This release will
> > include DRI2 and RandR 1.3 support. I'd like to know how much of the new
> > Xinput stuff will be ready in time.
>
>   I guess it will be required to skip
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14730 again.
> I had that patch working for X Server 1.4 one year ago, and for
> git master before 1.5 was "branched". But did not test it much
> recently. Anyway, it probably should stay this way, as the patch would
> be more useful when/if Xorg started using a sdk, with a compromise on
> backwards compatibility. But at the rate new features are being added,
> this is unlikely soon :-) Also by only exporting symbols that really
> should be visible, you get a compromise.

Actually, I've been meaning to get this merged for a while now.  I'll be
happy to take a look at it again.

- ajax
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