Reply With QuoteAre distros in alpha waiting to ship the new Xorg until it's officially released, or do they just pack what's available?
The State of X Server 1.6: Still Missing
Phoronix: The State of X Server 1.6: Still Missing
For those that haven't noticed or have forgot, X Server 1.6, which was the update Intel wanted out by the end of 2008, still hasn't been released. The latest schedule for X Server 1.6.0 called for a January 5th release, but that had simply passed by and there wasn't even a release candidate. As it stands right now, no code has been committed to X Server 1.6 since the first release candidate was tagged over two weeks ago...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzAxOA
Are distros in alpha waiting to ship the new Xorg until it's officially released, or do they just pack what's available?
That depends: If it's Fedora, they'll package it in whatever state, otherwise distros will stay with the stable onesOriginally Posted by ethana2
Well.. a bit more honest: If it's in a stable-like state, distros like Ubuntu will probably ship it, too, otherwise most will stay with the real stable ones.
I think the original 1.6 content and schedule was picked specifically to make sure that the major distros *could* pick it up in their spring release.
Ubuntu 9.04 is currently tracking X Server 1.6.
Man, I thank the developers of X server. I am sure they are working hard.
I believe this is your explanation.
http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/16547.html
A note from the developer on Xorg .
Development was being done in Debian by Julien and not in X.org by Brice, due to his busy schedule.
I'm eagerly waiting for a solid release. Gentoo won't put this in their official package repository until then.
Thanks for the link. I'm too waiting eagerly for 1.6, if I was wealthy enough I would hire somebody to help with X projects.
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