[Mageia-dev] x11-server 1.11.0

Tue Aug 30 16:34:29 CEST 2011

'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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