Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

[Les Mikesell]

Callum Lerwick wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Alan <alan at clueserver.org 
> <mailto:alan at clueserver.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Besides... Someone has to push these things out first.  If no one pushed
>     out new versions before the release date, they would not get much in the
>     way of testing.  Getting xorg 1.5 into the F9 betas gave it more testing
>     than if it was just confined to the people who compile their version
>     of X
>     from the source code repository.  Yes it causes pain for some users, but
>     it makes for a much more stable version for the rest of us once the
>     initial bugs get worked out.
> 
> 
> Yes, we've had this flame war before. Last time, it was said that Nvidia 
> has no intention of updating their drivers to a new Xorg ABI until a 
> distribution releases that version in a *stable* release. That means if 
> every distribution waited around for Nvidia to have their drivers ready 
> before release, we'd be waiting forever. So go bitch at Nvidia, not us. 
> Standing around and waiting is not what Fedora is about. We move fast. 
> Don't like it? Use something else.

Please post that on the http://fedoraproject.org/ page so everyone will 
understand what to expect.

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   Les Mikesell
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