Bug#319947: Current RADEON driver in xserver-xorg is ancient.
Hello,
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:42:29AM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
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> Current RADEON driver in X.Org 6.8.2 doesn't support Non-Rectangular MergedFB
> Desktops, or AGPMode 8x, not to mention r300 drivers from DRI CVS. X.Org CVS
> Snapshots, like 6.8.99.15 does. Maybe RADEON driver should be backported
> from HEAD to current Debian X.Org ? Would be lovely to use Debian again,
> with Fast, Accellerated, Open Source Dualhead.
Since we are just barely caught up with upstream, and the 6.9/7.0 release
is imminent, I'd rather spend time getting packages for 6.9 in to shape so
that they can hit experimental as soon as possible. While backporting
drivers is tempting, I feel that our time is better spent on 6.9, and then
moving on to 7.0. That will get us all the drivers, rather than having to
backport them one at a time (and then maintain those backports in the
future), as well as whatever fixes in good time.
- David Nusinow
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