Thanks for all the effort Alan. That's a huge list of modules to push out.
--Jeremy On Dec 20, 2010, at 16:27, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The X.Org Foundation and the global community of X.Org developers > announce the release of X11R7.6 - Release 7.6 of the X Window System, > Version 11. This release is the seventh modular release of the X Window > System. The next full release will be X11R7.7 and is expected in 2011. > > X11R7.6 supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and > GNU Hurd systems. It incorporates new features, and stability and > correctness fixes, including improved autoconfiguration heuristics, > enhanced support for input devices, better documentation, and takes > the next step in migrating to the XCB client APIs. > > The full source code is free to use, modify and redistribute, under open > source licenses, and is available from http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/ > and mirrors worldwide. > > For more information on the X Window System, including how to get involved > with development, please see http://www.x.org. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Summary of new features in X11R7.6 > > This is a sampling of the new features in X11R7.6. A more complete list of > changes can be found in the ChangeLog files that are part of the source of > each X module, or in the Consolidated ChangeLog combining logs of all the > modules, which is posted at http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/ > > * InputClass sections in Xorg configuration files are used to apply > configuration options to any input device matching specified rules, > such as device path, type of device, device manufacturer, or other > data provided by the input hotplug backend. Details can be found in > the INPUTCLASS section of the xorg.conf(5) manual page. > > * Xorg configuration directories are used to allow fragments of the > X server configuration to be delivered in individual files. For > instance, the input device driver matching rules previously provided > in HAL .fdi files are now provided as InputClass sections in .conf > files in a xorg.conf.d directory. > > * udev is now used by the X server on Linux systems for input device > discovery and hot-plug notification. Other platforms continue to use > the HAL framework for these tasks for now. > > * X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is now included in the katamari, > and is required by several client-side modules, including libX11, > xlsatoms, xlsclients and xwininfo. XCB is a replacement for Xlib > featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct access to the > protocol, improved threading support, and extensibility. > More information can be found on the XCB website at > http://xcb.freedesktop.org/. > > * Major progress has been made on the X.Org Documentation modernization - > most of the library and protocol specifications are now included in the > modules for those libraries and protocols so they can be updated in sync > with new versions, and many have been converted to DocBook XML from the > variety of formats they were previously in. On most systems these > documents will be installed under /usr/share/doc/. They are also posted > on the X.Org website at http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/index.html > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Dedication > > Two of the early leaders of the X Window System community were lost to > cancer this year -- Smokey Wallace, who led the DEC WSL team which > created the initial implementation of X11, and Hideki Hiura from Sun > Microsystems, who helped design the X11R6 internationalization > framework. The X11R7.6 release is dedicated to their memory. > > Jim Gettys remembers that “Without Smokey, it is not clear that X11 > would have ever existed: he and I drafted a memo that proposed > developing X11 in Digital’s WSL and making the result freely > available, as X11 would require more resources than we had available > at MIT. This was one of the seminal moments in free and open source > software, though few know of it.” > > Alan Coopersmith, who worked with Hideki at Sun, noted that “Hideki’s > contributions to the X Window System and leadership in forums such as > openi18n.org will leave a lasting legacy on the millions of users who > are able to use their native languages to interact with computers and > portable devices running the Unix and Linux families of operating > system.” > > - -- > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com > Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (SunOS) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk0P9FoACgkQovueCB8tEw7aYgCePwX5jFFpN8Ouv6wW3C/G5MEO > 8SwAnRV4CClvNYmgHB1sG/SWO471GUqH > =ILt0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > xorg-announce mailing list > xorg-annou...@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-announce _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com