Stable Xorg

Vamp898 · 2010-02-09 21:42:05

Hi there im using KDE 4.4 SC (Final was released today) and it seems like i have a bug since the last xorg update

Is there a way to use the stable xorg or am i forced to use the developement Version.

pacman tells me that i have

xorg-server 1.7.4.901-1

installed and x.org tells me

1.7.1 is stable

Cyrusm · 2010-02-09 21:48:00

welcome to the bleeding edge

if you would like to try older versions of sofware you can get them here

afterwords, make sure to edit your pacman.conf to ignore these packages, or else you'll be back to the latest version
on your next update.

Vamp898 · 2010-02-09 21:52:52

i always thought bleeding edge means "latest stable version" but that recent xorg is an developement version

Xiong Chiamiov · 2010-02-09 22:08:57

Vamp898 wrote:

i always thought bleeding edge means "latest stable version" but that recent xorg is an developement version

Well, that depends. Developers have differing ideas about what "stable" means, so the current version in Arch is sometimes a bit ahead (mplayer) and sometimes a bit behind (Python).

Vamp898 · 2010-02-09 22:13:06

but what wrong with putting the dev-version of xorg in testing?

Cyrusm · 2010-02-09 22:16:10

Vamp898 wrote:

but what wrong with putting the dev-version of xorg in testing?

I'm sure it was in testing at some point. the purpose of the testing repository is for
admins and other users to test software that may be of questionable stability before
releasing it to the general community. therefore, the current xorg IS a stable release,
just not THE stable release from xorg.

Last edited by Cyrusm (2010-02-09 22:20:59)

Vamp898 · 2010-02-09 23:02:24

Cyrusm wrote:

Vamp898 wrote:
but what wrong with putting the dev-version of xorg in testing?
I'm sure it was in testing at some point. the purpose of the testing repository is for
admins and other users to test software that may be of questionable stability before
releasing it to the general community. therefore, the current xorg IS a stable release,
just not THE stable release from xorg.

And where do you get that it IS a stable version? .901 sounds not like an stable version Ö_Ö

JGC · 2010-02-09 23:43:49

1.7.4.901 is a release candidate from the stable branch. It contains accepted patches that will be in 1.7.5.

We're following the stable branch, not specifically stable versions.

Allan · 2010-02-09 23:47:45

Xiong Chiamiov wrote:

and sometimes a bit behind (Python).

BTW, python3 is in the repos...

Vamp898 · 2010-02-10 02:07:22

ok than thx for the information fast as arch

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