Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu May 22 05:34:34 UTC 2008


Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Les Mikesell <lesmikesell <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> It's not typical to update products to match a new standard before the 
>> standard in question is finalized, wireless-N notwithstanding.
> 
> Yet this is normally how things work in the Free Software world, especially for 
> drivers, one is supposed to track upstream development and keep one's driver 
> updated for it as things change, not wait for a release.

It seems unique to fedora to me.  When has RHEL shipped pre-release code 
expected to be incompatible with other popular software?

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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