[Mageia-dev] x11-server 1.11.0

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Thierry Vignaud at 30/08/11 15:14 did gyre and gimble:
> On 30 August 2011 14:58, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
>>> Just for reference, I've update to x11-server locally. I've thus
>>> migrated the patches and such, so no need for it to be done again, just
>>> ping me!
>>>
>>> As for submitting it, I've only tested the intel, synaptics and evdev
>>> drivers (working fine as I type).
>>>
>>> I'm happy to submit things, but this will require rebuilds of quite a
>>> lot of packages and will likely cause some issues with proprietary
>>> drivers too.
>>
>> Death to nvidia blob,
>>
>> ( ie, submit now )
> 
> err I've refrained to update to 1.11.0 b/c of that, waitint to know
> if nvidia/amd will be supporting the new ABI.
> as ubuntu isn't swithcing to 1.11.0, I fear AMD won't support
> the new ABI...

That was my primary concern :s

That said, I've got hellish problems on intel for some months now and am
upgrading my own xserver to see if it helps... it seems better so far
but much too early to tell.

I'll hold off pushing it until there is more solid consensus.

Col

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