Dumping input-hotplug branches on master

[Stefan Dirsch]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 12:41:07PM +0200, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:05:52AM +0100, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:33:39AM +0200, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 05:34:58AM +0100, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> > > > Will these all be part of X.Org 7.2 (RC2) or prereleases for it?
> > > > Especially the xorg-server update looks suspicious to me.
> > > 
> > > No, none of them are aimed for 7.2.  This is why the server, inputproto,
> > > and libXi were branched.  Any releases of evdev, mouse, and keyboard
> > > for 7.2 should be done off a new branch, should someone want to do them.
> > 
> > Thanks. I'm also asking because with the 7.2 RC1 release ajax has been
> > announced, that the updates in /releases/individual are part of the
> > release. At least this was my understanding.
> 
> Not all of them.
> 
> > Most components got a version bump for RC1, and are available at:
> > 
> > http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/development/X11R7.2-RC1/
> > 
> > as well as in the usual spot under /releases/individual.  Note that this
> > contains _only_ updated components; for everything else, use 7.1.
> 
> Right.
> 
> > Maybe I was wrong and the following updates in /releases/individual
> > were not part of RC1?
> 
> The only ones part of RC1 were the ones updated on or before that day.

That's fine. I only mentioned these. :-)

> Everything since is assumed not to be, until RC2 rolls along and
> clarifies things.  This is one part of where our process sucks.
> 
> Unfortunately, RC1 never got any -announce mails, which would've made
> everything a bit clearer.
> 
> Maybe my development stuff should be moved to
> /releases/development/individual, to make it clear that they are not
> part of the 7.2 release.  Oh well.  Learning experience. ;)

Yes, I think this makes sense. libX11-1.0.99.1.tar.bz2 is probably
another candidate for this new directory.

Best regards,
Stefan

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