Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

[Les Mikesell]

Christopher Stone wrote:
> 2008/5/21 Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com>:
>> On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 08:46 -0700, Christopher Stone wrote:
>>> It would probably get more visibility in the CommonBugs wiki page.
>>> When is the front page link going to switch over to f9 common bugs?
>> Done.
> 
> Okay, how about some short text like:
> 
> The version of the X server shipped with Fedora 9 comes with a new ABI
> which is not yet compatible with some third party binary drivers such
> as nVidia.
> 
> Then we could add some links for more information, I thought the ones
> drago posted were good:
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1653299&postcount=9
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1656695&postcount=54
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1659061&postcount=3
> 
> If this sounds good to everyone, I'll add it.

Including the actual version number of the X that fedora is shipping 
would add a touch of honesty about the situation even if you prefer to 
leave out the 'pre-release' designation.

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