X.Org 7.5 development is currently underway.
Features Added/Enhanced
E-EDID support (AdamJackson)
- xorg-server 1.6.0 or 1.7.0.
Features Removed
X server libraries: cfb, afb, mfb/xf1bpp
X server support for obsolete/unused/broken/unmaintained extensions: AppGroup, EVI, MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, TOG-CUP, XTrap, XFree86-Misc, XEvIE
X server command line flags: -co, -bestrefresh, -showunresolved
X server bundled utilties: xorgconfig, xorgcfg, ioport, kbd_mode
Unmaintained X server variants: Xgl, Xprt (moved to separate xprint git repo)
TODO
New Input Hotness: Xi 2/3 & XKB 2 (DanielStone, PeterHutterer)
RandR 1.3 (KeithPackard)
- Disable XFree86-DGA requests except relative mouse motion, until Xinput 2 allows killing it all.
Referee DoubleBuffer vs. MultiBuffer vs. libfb/Composite
Add SELinux security module which uses XACE (EamonWalsh).
Add Solaris Trusted Extensions security module which uses XACE (AlanCoopersmith).
Add support for UnixWare (KeanJohnson).
Shatter (cf description in git), in some form or other (AdamJackson)
- Multiple PCI cards doesn't work particularly well anymore.
Schedule
To be decided. See if ReleaseSchedule is updated.
New/Updated Modules
app
driver
input
video
doc
lib
proto