[arch-general] Xorg-server 1.8 - when?

[甘露(Gan Lu)]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:14 +0200, Lukáš Jirkovský wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'd like to ask what are the plans for the xorg-server 1.8, especially
>> now when RC1 of xorg-server 1.9 is out. Please don't get me wrong, I'm
>> not demanding anything but I'm wondering what is holding back the move
>> to [extra].
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>> I'm using new xorg-server on two different computers (notebook with
>> intel and desktop with nvidia's blob) for some time without any
>> problems.
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> Though xorg-server 1.8 is not completely issue-free, I don't think 1.7
> from extra isn't issue-free either. I've been running these packages for
> months now without much problems.
> Before we start moving xorg-server 1.8, I would like to know when we can
> move kernel26. The latest kernel has a lot of fixes for Intel and
> ATI/AMD DRM. Do we have really important open bugs for 2.6.34, or are we
> just waiting for the magic .1 release?

In fact for xorg/kernel, I mean such big packages, there are quite a
few bug reports in the bug tracker, and a few questions in our forum,
which are a good signal in my opinion.

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