On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the effort Alan. That's a huge list of modules to push out. >
Indeed, and all the cleanup you've done on the docs on top of that. Many thanks on everything. > --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- [email protected] >> 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 >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-announce > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
