[Mageia-dev] x11-server 1.11.0

[Thomas Backlund]

Thierry Vignaud skrev 30.8.2011 18:01:
> On 30 August 2011 16:51, Michael Scherer<misc at zarb.org>  wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> They will. The question is not "if", but "when".
>>
>> And not pushing a new version is not gonna make this appear sooner.
>>
>> Also, not pushing the new version is likely decrease the quality of the
>> xorg server, since there will be less tests done, ( or rather tests done
>> later ).
>>
>> This is also sending the wrong signal ( ie, "take cards supported by
>> proprietary blob and by vendors that are not providing sources, because
>> we care more about them rather than those who fully cooperate" ).
>
> Well this is what we did back @mdv.
> This is also what I did before doing the 1.7->1.9 update and
> then the 1.9->1.10 update.

Just push x11-server-1.11 to testing so people that want it can start 
testing it.

As for nVidia, the IgnoreABI works for some... Dont know about Amd...

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Thomas