if you are going to bump it to this version, please take care of the security bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399347 "(CVE-2012-0064) >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.10.99.902 <x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.4.1-r3 : screen lock bypass via XKB debug hotkeys (CVE-2012-0064)"
by updating to x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.4.1-r3 PS it's nice to see a fast reaction there!