Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

[Alan]

> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Christopher Stone
> <chris.stone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Okay, this is good news.  I'll post on the nVidia forums to make sure
>> they know.  I still think it's a bit uncalled for to say nVidia should
>> get their act together when the ABI was only declared stable last
>> week.
>
> Dude that thread is super long...and I was quoting an nvidia dev from
> the thread.
> Trust me... they know.  Post #42 is a really good read concerning the
> recent history of the ABI. There is absolutely nothing new here.

There seems to be some internal debate within nvidia about when the new
version(s) get released.  They know the abi is stable, but there seems to
be someone within nvidia who is waiting for the official 1.5 release.

Any idea when the x.org 1.5 release will actually occur?  The web site is
less than helpful.  (The schedule has a note that says "this is not a
schedule".)

>> As I stated in my original post "just how hard can it be to provide
>> compatibility packages?"  From what I understand, you could just drop
>> in the F8 packages right into F9 and that's all that is required.
>> Then nVidia users could use the f8 version of xorg while everyone else
>> could use the f9 version.  Why is it not that simple?
>
> You replace the f9 versions with the f8 versions. Making that work
> seemlessly is the trick.
> And if you read the nvnews thread I just dug up...people have been
> able to recompile the driver that is available and get it to work.
> This is a storm in a teacup. It will blow itself out soon enough.

I am just hoping it is soon.  I know what I can do to make it work, but I
am not the average user.  The user who started with F7 or F8 and is moving
to F9 are the ones who will feel the pain.  Backreving the X drivers is
not an easy task for the novice.

I will be waiting for the "official" release.  (Unless I get impatient,
which could happen.)