some closure on the xorg updates issue

[Otto Rey]

Well, i think that now is the momento to release Xorg 7.1 for FC5... Intel, ATI/AMD and NVIDIA NOW have support for xorg 7.1. I mean, no system breakage with the update.



----- Original Message ----
From: dragoran <dragoran at feuerpokemon.de>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:15:41 PM
Subject: Re: some closure on the xorg updates issue

Max Spevack wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Leszek Matok wrote:
>
>> Dnia 11-08-2006, piÿÿ o godzinie 12:22 -0400, Max Spevack napisaÿÿ(a):
>>> + We're also not saying that there will never be another xorg update 
>>> for
>>> fc5.  We're just not doing one *right now*.
>> Can't it go to updates-testing for now, to see if it really fixes
>> anything for anyone willing to test? We have packages in updates-testing
>> that don't go to updates for months anyhow [my favorite for FC5 is of
>> course cdrecord, but that's OT :)].
>>
>> This way more people from the community will test it with proprietary
>> drivers, too. NVIDIA is rumored to be releasing their driver this month,
>> I'll be happy to test their progress on my FC5.
>
> I don't see any reason why not.
>
> --Max
>
just to note:
nvidias xorg-7.1 drivers are finally out:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8774.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-8774.html

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