[arch-dev-public] X.Org 7.3 pre-release testing repo

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/9/3, Alexander Baldeck <kth5 at archlinuxppc.org>:
> Hey all,
>
> X.Org 7.3's release is about to happen in the next few days/weeks. For
> that reason I've built the latest xorg-server snapshot which is at
> version 1.3.99.2 and most of the drivers and newly introduced packages.
>
> A lot has changed, primarily in the area of driver ABI. For example
> nvidia is broken, it does build but xorg-server rejects it when starting
> up with an API mismatch error. Forcing it leads to hardlocks. I am using
> xf86-video-nv for now but this issue needs to be addressed.
>
> I have no idea how well fglrx & unichrome-dri plays with the new server.
> So I'd like to hear about it.
>
> Anyone wanting to take part in testing, should add this repo:
>
> http://kth5.telekommunisten.net/xorg/
>
> The PKGBUILs will soon be available with the same URL, just need to
> clean them up a bit.

I guess you didn't put it in Testing because nvidia/fglrx won't work
with this version, but why not put it on ftp.archlinux.org and let it
be mirrored? (like JGC did with Gnome 2.19)

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)