Pull off AIGLX repoistory?

Dennis Jacobfeuerborn d.jacobfeuerborn at conversis.de
Tue Jul 25 10:16:36 UTC 2006



Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>> Rahul <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> The AIGLX repository
>>> (http://redhat.download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/projects/aiglx/)
>>>  is probably not going to be updated anymore as it has been merged
>>> with Xorg 7.1. It is going to be confusing to continue having obsolete
>>> software. Can we pull it off? I will update the rendering project wiki
>>> pages.
>>>
>>> Rahul
>>
>> What about people using FC5? Any plan to update the xorg in FC5 to 7.1?
> 
> Yes, we are planning on releasing Xorg 7.1 as an FC5 update, however
> there is no specific timeframe planned.  Once 7.1 has achieved what we
> consider to be adequate testing, and we feel that the majority of the
> worst bugs/regressions are worked out, we'll then be ready to consider
> doing an update.  After that, we just need to schedule the time to
> actually rebuild the packages and make any FC5 specific tweaks that
> may be needed.
> 
> So just sit back and wait, and eventually 7.1 should come out for FC5.

Since the 7.1 release isn't compatible with the current proprietary drivers 
of both NVidia and ATI shouldn't this at least wait until compatible 
versions are released? Breaking support for these drivers doesn't sound 
right for a released version that is considered stable.

Regards,
   Dennis




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