[ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.6.99.902 (1.7 RC2)

[Peter Hutterer]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 04:37:58PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:42:45AM +0200, Tilman Sauerbeck wrote:
> > Peter Hutterer [2009-09-22 15:05]:
> > > The second release candidate for the X.Org X Server 1.7 is now available.
> > > We've had a larger-than-expected number of quite intrusive patches go in, so
> > > there will be at least one more RC before the final release. Expect RC3 in
> > > about a week's time.
> > 
> > The build fails with libXext 1.0.5, but works with libXext 1.0.99.4.
> > Missing version check in configure?
> 
> How about this one:

looking at this patch again, I'm going to run a s/XEXTLIB/LIBXEXT/ on it
before pushing to keep the better-known naming scheme.

> From f754d386f098a67e9fe04648bbd8ac72887d68b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:34:54 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] Require libXext >= 1.0.99.4
> 
> Reported-by: Tilman Sauerbeck
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> ---
>  configure.ac |   20 +++++++++++---------
>  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 4e38fc0..9c817f0 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -738,6 +738,8 @@ dnl Core modules for most extensions, et al.
>  REQUIRED_MODULES="[randrproto >= 1.2.99.3] [renderproto >= 0.11] [fixesproto >= 4.1] [damageproto >= 1.1] [xcmiscproto >= 1.2.0] [xextproto >= 7.0.99.3] [xproto >= 7.0.13] [xtrans >= 1.2.2] [bigreqsproto >= 1.1.0] fontsproto [inputproto >= 1.9.99.902] [kbproto >= 1.0.3]"
>  REQUIRED_LIBS="xfont xau [pixman-1 >= 0.15.20]"
>  
> +XEXTLIB="xext >= 1.0.99.4"

this would become LIBXEXT="xext >= 1.0.99.4" instead, which IMO is more
obvious. The rest of the patch changes accordingly (skipped for brevity's
sake).

Cheers,
  Peter