Release process for Xorg 7.1

[Keith Packard]

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 22:11 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote:

> Doc: xorg-docs
> 
> We got a maintainers file, and updates to the specs for Composite, Damage, 
> Fixes, and Shape.  This one's easy.

I have a fundemental disagreement with where the docs are packaged. I've
been placing protocol specifications with the protocol packages and
library documentation with the library itself. Placing them in a distant
directory seems rather 'anti-modular' to me. I don't mind if we leave
existing static docs in this directory, but new extensions should ship
with built-in documentation, and libraries should certainly ship with
documentation as part of the source package. Otherwise there's an
unmentioned implicit cross-module version dependency.

> Xlib is an unknown.  I'd really like to see the XCB stuff released, but it 
> hasn't had even an "0.9" release seeing testing.  I hear it's approaching 
> stability though, and if the --enable-xcb feature from the old /cvs/xlibs 
> version is still in place then my fear diminishes significantly.  Feedback 
> plz.

I don't see this as a viable candidate unless it sees an independent
release and some wider testing than it's received to date. Katamari
releases are supposed to consist of "known-good" versions, and while
Xlib/XCB has made huge progress, it's far from a "known" quantity.

> Proto: Composite, Fixes, GL.
> 
> BORING.  All stable, ship yesterday.

Not quite; Composite is getting the overlay window stuff; should we
include this in 7.1?

> Util: cf, gccmakedep
> 
> Small fixes, should be incorporated.
> 
> And then, of course, the server.  It's pretty clear that we'll need to create 
> a stabilization branch by the 31st.  What's not clear is what big remaining 
> work wants to land before then; aiglx was my big wishlist item and that's 
> landed now.  If you have projects that want to land in the next two weeks, 
> and that you think can stabilize enough for release in the six following, 
> speak up quickly.

Overlay windows should be on the list for consideration.

-- 
keith.packard at intel.com
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