[xorg-commit-diffs] xc RELNOTES,1.1.1.8.2.3,1.1.1.8.2.4

[Alexander Gottwald]

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Update of /cvs/xorg/xc
In directory pdx:/home/ago/xc

Modified Files:
      Tag: CYGWIN
	RELNOTES 
Log Message:
Merge with XORG-RELEASE-1 (documentation updates)

Index: RELNOTES
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RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xc/RELNOTES,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.8.2.3
retrieving revision 1.1.1.8.2.4
diff -u -d -r1.1.1.8.2.3 -r1.1.1.8.2.4
--- a/RELNOTES	3 Apr 2004 18:57:01 -0000	1.1.1.8.2.3
+++ b/RELNOTES	4 Apr 2004 21:32:56 -0000	1.1.1.8.2.4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
                          Release Notes for X11R6.7.0
 
-                            The X.org Foundation
+                            The X.Org Foundation
                           The XFree86 Project, Inc.
 
                                 31 March 2004
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
                                   Abstract
 
      These release notes contains information about features and their
-     status in the X.org Foundation X11R6.7.0 release.  It is based on
+     status in the X.Org Foundation X11R6.7.0 release.  It is based on
      the XFree86 4.4RC2 RELNOTES document published by The XFree86[tm]
      Project, Inc.  There are significant updates and differences in the
-     X.org release as noted below.
+     X.Org release as noted below.
 
 1.  Introduction to the X11R6.7 Release Series
 
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 years, with only upward compatible additions to the core X protocol, a record
 of stability envied in computing.  Formal releases of X started with X ver-
 sion 9 from MIT; the first commercial X products were based on X version 10.
-The MIT X Consortium and its successor, the X.org Consortium before the
-founding of the X.org Foundation released versions X11R3 through X11R6.6.2.
+The MIT X Consortium and its successors, the X Consortium, the Open Group X
+Project Team, and the X.Org Group released versions X11R3 through X11R6.6,
+before the founding of the X.Org Foundation.
 
-X11R6.7.0 is based on the 4.4RC2 codebase, with significant updates, noted
-below.
+X11R6.7.0 is based on the merger of the X11R6.6 and XFree86 4.4RC2 codebases,
+with significant updates, noted below.
 
 There will be future maintenance releases in the X11R6.7.x series.  However,
 efforts are well underway to split the X distribution into its modular compo-
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 additions to XFree86 may not be incorporated into our codebase.  We encourage
 you to submit bug fixes and enhancements to bugzilla.freedesktop.org using
 the xorg product, and discussions on this server take place on
-<xorg at freedestkop.org>.
+<xorg at freedesktop.org>.
 
 2.  Introduction to the XFree86 4.x Release Series
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
 
 The next section describes what is new in the latest version (6.7.0) compared
 with the previous full release (6.6.0).  The other sections below describe
-some of the new features and changes between 3.3.x and 4.0.  There are lot's
+some of the new features and changes between 3.3.x and 4.0.  There are lots
 of new features, and we definitely don't have enough space to cover them all
 here.
 
@@ -91,8 +92,20 @@
 
 3.1  Enhancements in X11R6.7.0 beyond XFree86 4.4RC2
 
+   o The final version of the X11R6.7 versions of the X Window System stan-
+     dards and specification documents are included.  Updates since X11R6.6
+     include a small correction to the numbering of requests in the Shape
+     Extension Protocol specification; the addition of IPv6 support to the
+     X11 Protocol, Xlib, XDMCP, and Session Manager specifications; and the
+     addition of the ServerInterpreted Host family to the X11 Protocol and
+     Xlib specifications.
+
+   o IPv6 support updated to the final X11R6.7 versions of the standards,
+     including the addition of the ServerInterpreted Host family for xhost
+     style authentication.  See the IPv6 section below for further details.
+
    o Only files without the new XFree86 1.1 license are included in the
-     X11R6.7.0 release. Additionally, X.org will be attempting, when possi-
+     X11R6.7.0 release. Additionally, X.Org will be attempting, when possi-
      ble, to contact copyright holders of material in the distribution when
      those copyrights do not follow the Debian Free Software guidelines to
      see if they can be relicensed to adhere to those standards.
@@ -100,7 +113,7 @@
    o Trademark law requires that there be no ambiguity about the use of a
      trademark, so the documentation, error message, name of the X exe-
      cutable, configuration file name, etc., have all been changed to avoid
-     confusion of X.org's implementation with the XFree86[tm] trademarked
+     confusion of X.Org's implementation with the XFree86[tm] trademarked
      implementation. Some of the changes made include:
 
         o  The name of the X server is Xorg, rather than XFree86.
@@ -124,7 +137,7 @@
           reflect the change in name.
 
         o The module loader was modified to accept either XFree86 generated
-          modules or X.org generated modules.
+          modules or X.Org generated modules.
 
         o Manual pages and other documentation was updated.
 
@@ -140,7 +153,7 @@
 
    o Fontconfig will no longer be installed by default since that has
      often/usually resulted in overwriting more recent versions.  The font-
-     config version 2.2.2 shipped in X11R6.7.0 needs to be build to allow
+     config version 2.2.2 shipped in X11R6.7.0 needs to be built to allow
      programs in the tree to build that depend on it, but those programs will
      run fine using installed versions of fontconfig. If you do want to
      install the version shipped in X11R6.7.0 add:
@@ -153,21 +166,21 @@
 
    o Freetype was updated to version 2.1.7.  But installing freetype from X
      distributions would often or usually result in the replacement or use of
-     "stale" versions of freetype. On Linux, FreeBSD, and SCO5, therefore,
-     X11R6.7.0 will by default use the version of freetype2 that is installed
-     on the system. If your system doesn't come with an installed freetype2
-     and you wish to use the version supplied with this distribution, please
-     add:
+     "stale" versions of freetype. On Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris 10, and SCO5,
+     therefore, X11R6.7.0 will by default use the version of freetype2 that
+     is installed on the system. If your system doesn't come with an
+     installed freetype2 and you wish to use the version supplied with this
+     distribution, please add:
 
             #define HasFreetype2 NO
 
       to config/cf/host.def. Additonally, the default font renderer for True-
-     type that is loaded by the X server was changed to freetype.
+     Type that is loaded by the X server was changed to freetype.
 
    o During the build, the version of expat that is installed on the system
      is used by default on Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, Linux and SCO5.  If
-     your system doesn't come with an installed expat and you whish to use
-     the version supplied with this tree please add:
+     your system doesn't come with an installed expat and you wish to use the
+     version supplied with this tree please add:
 
            #define HasExpat NO
 
@@ -176,7 +189,7 @@
 
    o During build the version of zlib that is installed on the system is used
      by default on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS (Darwin), Microsoft Windows (Cyg-
-     win), Linux, SUN Solaris, and SCO5.  If your system doesn't come with an
+     win), Linux, Sun Solaris, and SCO5.  If your system doesn't come with an
      installed zlib and you wish to use the version supplied with this tree
      please add:
 
@@ -204,7 +217,7 @@
      larly, libxml2's remains were removed, as it is not used at all in the
      distribution.
 
-   o The new fontstoft utility to convert .bdf/.pcf fonts to .ttf format was
+   o The new fonttosfnt utility to convert .bdf/.pcf fonts to .ttf format was
      removed as it is not yet ready and working.  Please turn to freedesk-
      top.org's X Applications <URL:http://xapps.freedesktop.org> for a newer
      version.
@@ -250,8 +263,8 @@
    o Initial version of indirect 3D acceleration by mapping GLX to Win32's
      OpenGL implementation. (Alexander Gottwald, Harold L Hunt II)
 
-   o Allow clipboard integration to work seamlessly with Xdmcp.(Harold L Hunt
-     II)
+   o Allow clipboard integration to work seamlessly with Xdmcp. (Harold L
+     Hunt II)
 
    o Fix clipboard integration to stop stealing ownership of the selection X
      (caused text to be unhighlighted in emacs, xterm, etc.). (Harold L Hunt
@@ -406,7 +419,7 @@
 3.5  IPv6 support
 
 X11R6.7.0 supports IPv6, based on the code contributed by Sun Microsystems,
-Inc. to X.Org. See X.org's document <URL:http://www.x.org/IPV6_Spe-
+Inc. to X.Org. See X.Org's document <URL:http://www.x.org/IPV6_Spe-
 cific_Changes.html> for a detailed list of what these changes are and how
 your system is affected by them.
 
@@ -444,9 +457,22 @@
 this though is yet to be  implemented.  By default builds do not enable the
 XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 code.
 
+3.5.3  ServerInterpreted host authentication
+
+The ServerInterpreted host family was added in response to comments received
+during the X11 over IPv6 standards public review period.  This family allows
+registration of new subtypes and implementation of them by modifications
+solely to the X server, without having to modify clients such as xhost or the
+Xlib or X protocol standards.  In the initial X11R6.7.0 release, two subtypes
+are supported - "hostname" for hostnames resolved by the server at connection
+time to better support dynamic DNS & mobile IP, and "ipv6" to allow IPv6 lit-
+eral addresses, including in the future, scoped addresses.  For more informa-
+tion on these features, see the xhost manual page, X11 Protocol and Xlib
+standards, and the documents in xc/doc/specs/SIAddresses.
+
 3.6  X Server and Extension Updates
 
-   o The Mesa version used for OpenGL 1.3 and DRI driver support has been
+   o The Mesa version used for OpenGL® 1.3 and DRI driver support has been
      updated to 5.0.2.
 
 3.7  Client and Library Updates
@@ -741,12 +767,12 @@
 
 6.  Overview of X11R6.7.x
 
-X11R6.7.x has a single X server binary called Xorg.  This binary can either
-have one or more video and input drivers linked in statically, or more usu-
-ally, dynamically, and in that manner load the video drivers, input drivers,
-and other modules that are needed.
+On most platforms, X11R6.7.x has a single X server binary called Xorg.  This
+binary can either have one or more video and input drivers linked in stati-
+cally, or more usually, dynamically, and in that manner load the video
+drivers, input drivers, and other modules that are needed.
 
-X11R6.7.0 has X server support for most UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems
+X11R6.7.0 has X server support for most UNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems
 on Intel/x86 platforms, plus support for Linux and some BSD OSs on Alpha,
 PowerPC, IA-64, AMD64, Sparc, and Mips platforms, and for Darwin on PowerPC.
 Support for additional architectures and operating systems is in progress and
@@ -855,7 +881,7 @@
 
 6.8  DDC
 
-The VESA Display Data Channel (DDC[tm]) standard allows the monitor to tell
+The VESA® Display Data Channel (DDC[tm]) standard allows the monitor to tell
 the video card (or on some cases the computer directly) about itself; partic-
 ularly the supported screen resolutions and refresh rates.
 
@@ -879,7 +905,7 @@
 
 6.9  GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
 
-Direct rendered OpenGL support is provided for several hardware platforms by
+Direct rendered OpenGL® support is provided for several hardware platforms by
 the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI).  Further information about DRI can
 be found at the DRI Project's web site <URL:http://dri.sf.net/>.  The 3D core
 rendering component is provided by Mesa <URL:http://www.mesa3d.org>.
@@ -933,8 +959,8 @@
 
 Only three applications have been modified in X11R6.7.0 to work with the Ren-
 der extension and the Xft and FreeType libraries to provide anti-aliased
-text.  Xterm, xditview and x11perf.  Migration of other applications may
-occur in future releases.
+text: xterm, xditview and x11perf.  Migration of other applications may occur
+in future releases.
 
 By default, xterm uses core fonts through the standard core API.  It has a
 command line option and associated resource to direct it to use Xft instead:
@@ -1134,6 +1160,9 @@
                   Cygwin/X enhancements:
                         Harold L Hunt II,
 
+                  IPv6 and ServerInterpreted enhancements:
+                        Alan Coopersmith
+
                   Release Engineering:
                         Egbert Eich
 
@@ -1149,7 +1178,7 @@
                   Updated fontconfig:
                         Keith Packard
 
-            Note: the list celow does not contain acknowlegements to those
+            Note: the list below does not contain acknowlegements to those
             working on the new modular X release as their work is not present
             in this release.  Patches and other submissions (in alphabetical
             order): Paul Anderson, Michael Bax, Jehan Bing, Peter Breiten-
@@ -1170,7 +1199,7 @@
       Tinderbox setup:
             Jim Gettys, John Dennis
 
-      X.org Hosting:
+      X.Org Hosting:
             The Open Group <URL:http://www.tog.org/>.
 
       Freedesktop.org Hosting:
@@ -1198,7 +1227,7 @@
                         Thomas Winischhofer.
 
                   New VIA video driver:
-                        VIA, Alan Cox, Luc Verhaegen, Thomas Hellstrm.
+                        VIA, Alan Cox, Luc Verhaegen, Thomas Hellström.
 
                   Intel 'i810' driver fixes and stability improvements:
                         Egbert Eich, David H. Dawes, Christian Zietz
@@ -1242,23 +1271,23 @@
       Patches and other submissions (in alphabetical order):
             Roi a Torkilsheyggi, Dave Airlie, Andrew Aitchison, Marco Antonio
             Alvarez, Alexandr Andreev, Jack Angel, Eric Anholt, Ani, Juuso
-            berg, Sergey Babkin, Alexey Baj, Bang Jun-Young, Uberto Barbini,
+            Åberg, Sergey Babkin, Alexey Baj, Bang Jun-Young, Uberto Barbini,
             Matthew W. S. Bell, Vano Beridze, Hiroyuki Bessho, Andrew Bevitt,
             Christian Biere, Martin Birgmeier, Jakub Bogusz, Le Hong Boi,
             Paul Bolle, Charl Botha, Stanislav Brabec, Eric Branlund, Rob
             Braun, Peter Breitenlohner, Michael Breuer, Kevin Brosius, Fred-
-            erick Bruckman, Oswald Buddenhagen, Nilgn Belma Bugner, Julian
+            erick Bruckman, Oswald Buddenhagen, Nilgün Belma Bugüner, Julian
             Cable, Yukun Chen, Ping Cheng, Juliusz Chroboczek, Fred Clift,
-            Alan Coopersmith, Martin Costabel, Alan Cox, Michel Dnzer, David
+            Alan Coopersmith, Martin Costabel, Alan Cox, Michel Dänzer, David
             Dawes, Leif Delgass, Richard Dengler, John Dennis, Thomas Dickey,
             Randy Dunlap, Chris Edgington, Paul Eggert, Paul Elliott,
             Emmanuel, Visanu Euarchukiati, Mike Fabian, Rik Faith, Brian
             Feldman, Wu Jian Feng, Kevin P. Fleming, Jose Fonseca, Hugues
-            Fournier, Miguel Freitas, Quentin Garnier, Brre Gaup, Michael
+            Fournier, Miguel Freitas, Quentin Garnier, Børre Gaup, Michael
             Geddes, Frank Giessler, Hansruedi Glauser, Wolfram Gloger,
             Alexander Gottwald, Guido Guenther, Ralf Habacker, Bruno Haible,
             Lindsay Haigh, John Harper, James Harris, Mike A. Harris, Bryan
-            W. Headley, John Heasley, Thomas Hellstrm, Matthieu Herrb,
+            W. Headley, John Heasley, Thomas Hellström, Matthieu Herrb,
             Jonathan Hough, Alan Hourihane, Joel Ray Holveck, Harold L Hunt
             II, Ricardo Y. Igarashi, Mutsumi ISHIKAWA , Tsuyoshi ITO, Kean
             Johnston, Nicolas JOLY, Phil Jones, Roman Kagan, Theppitak
@@ -1274,13 +1303,13 @@
             MIYASHITA, Gregory Mokhin, Patrik Montgomery, Joe Moss, Josselin
             Mouette, Frank Murphy, Reiko Nakajima, Paul Nasrat, Dan Nelson,
             Bastien Nocera, Alexandre Oliva, Hideki ONO, Peter Osterlund,
-            Sergey V. Oudaltsov, Samus  Ciardhuin, Bob Paauwe, Paul
+            Sergey V. Oudaltsov, Séamus Ó Ciardhuáin, Bob Paauwe, Paul
             Pacheco, Tom Pala, Ivan Pascal, T. M. Pederson, Earle F. Phil-
             hower III, Nils Philippsen, Manfred Pohler, Alexander Pohoyda,
             Alain Poirier, Arnaud Quette, Jim Radford, Dale Rahn, Lucas Cor-
-            reia Villa Real, Ren Rebe, Tyler Retzlaff, Sebastian Rittau, Tim
+            reia Villa Real, René Rebe, Tyler Retzlaff, Sebastian Rittau, Tim
             Roberts, Alastair M. Robinson, Branden Robinson, Daniel Rock, Ian
-            Romanick, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer, Mns Rullgrd, Andriy Rysin,
+            Romanick, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer, Måns Rullgård, Andriy Rysin,
             Supphachoke Santiwichaya, Pablo Saratxaga, Matthias Scheler, Jens
             Schweikhardt, Danilo Segan, Shantonu Sen, Stas Sergeev, Jungshik
             Shin, Nikola Smolenski, Andreas Stenglein, Paul Stewart, Alexan-
@@ -1298,7 +1327,7 @@
       Docbook/XML conversion:
             John Himpel and the XFree86 documentation team.
 
-      Webmaster:
+      XFree86 Webmaster:
             Georgina O. Economou
 
       XFree86 Hosting:
@@ -1384,8 +1413,8 @@
             UNIX System Laboratories Inc., URW++ GmbH, VA Linux Systems, VIA
             Technologies Inc., Video Electronics Standard, VMware Inc., Vrije
             Universiteit, Wittawat Yamwong, Wyse Technology Inc., X Consor-
-            tium, Xi Graphics Inc., X-Oz Technologies, X-TrueType Server
-            Project, and their contributors.
+            tium, Xi Graphics Inc., X-Oz Technologies, X-TrueType Server Pro-
+            ject, and their contributors.
 
             This product includes software developed by The XFree86 Project,
             Inc (http://www.xfree86.org/) and its contributors.