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XFree86 4.3.0 in Debian Unstable

Posted by michael on from the hurray dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "XFree86 4.3.0 has finally made it into Debian unstable. See the announcement." Note that Direct Rendering is broken (there's already a bug filed, and I'm experiencing the same problem - looks like something small and stupid, affecting everyone), so don't dist-upgrade just yet.

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  1. Isn't this late? by theridersofrohan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is not mean to be a troll, honest. But wasn't the whole purpose of Debian Unstable to be really up to date? I mean, when people complain that debian is way too far behind, debian fans are quick to point out that debian has three distros and that unstable is really quite stable and as up to date as other distros. Now, XFree86 4.3.0 was released on the 26th of February last year - Why did it take a whole year for it to be included in unstable?

    1. Re:Isn't this late? by hummassa · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, this is the point of *experimental*. XF4.3 is in experimental for quite some time now.

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      It's better to be the foot on the boot than the face on the pavement. ~~ tkx Kadin2048
  2. Don't start yapping about the delay.. by Captain+Rotundo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Remember Debian has 11 architectures to support... far more than any other major distro, and far more that the XFree86 team supports.

    So you can bitch that once again Debian is behind the times, but remmember YOUR copy of XFree86 is more stable because of all the porting and testing the fine folks at the Debian X Strike Force do.

    I just have to say I was glad to wait this long, and good work guys.