On Wednesday 18 Nov 2015 13:52:37 Tomasz Gajc wrote: > Hi, > > i'd like to raise the topic of updating x11 stack for 2014.x. > > Why ? Because it is almost two years old. > > What are the consequences of not updating ? > > * proprietary AMD/nVIDIA drivers will not work > * updating free drivers will become a nightmare > * some new hardware will not work properly or will be not recognized > > What needs to be done ? > > 1. updating x11-xorg-proto and xorg-macros > 2. updating x11 librarier > 3. updating x11-server > 4. updating lots of x11-driver-input-* and x11-driver-video-* > 5. TESTING > > > WDYT ?
TPG, Nice idea, since it looks like 2014.2 is going to turn into an LTS release give the probably delay of the 2015 to 2016. The only possible problem is any other packages that might have to be updated as collateral to the X update given that abf is currently a little slow! Best, Colin _______________________________________________ OM-Cooker mailing list [email protected] http://ml.openmandriva.org/listinfo.cgi/om-cooker-openmandriva.org
