Re: Howto asses possible damage from downgrade Xorg

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:


[...]

>> I'd like to experiment with the previous version 1.10.  Compare certain
>> behavior against the current version. But don't know what I'm doing well
>> enough to make a good assessment of what damage may be done to my system
>> by downgrading like that on such an important piece of software, that
>> has many many ramifications.
>> 
>> Can anyone guide me on this, or is this the kind of thing I should
>> install a vm guest for?
>
> Synaptic makes a good job when it comes to manage the versions of the 
> packages you want to install. You select the desired package you want to 
> downgrade and jump to the "Versions" tab for instructions.

I must not have the screens you do.  Starting synaptic and finding
`xserver-xorg-core'

For a moment there I was a bit stymied since there appears to be no
`versions tab'.. but finally figured out I needed to press
`properties' first.

But the only version shown is 2:1.11.1-1

Somebody posted what that notation means earlier but not finding the
info now... what does the `2' indicate?

[...]

>> Is there a page that just has 1 massive list?
>
> See above. Not a "just-one-massive" list though, but a "per package" 
> version comparison.

Thanks for the excellent help and URLs.

xserver-xorg       1:7.6+9
xwerver-xorg-core  2:1.11

I think it is the `core' pkg that is referred to on the xorg list when
the speak of the Xorg version.

aptitude show xserver-xorg says:

 This package depends on the full suite of the server and drivers for
 the X.Org X server.  It does not provide the actual server itself.

Why so confusing... the name is xserver-xorg and yet it is not the
server?

Oh, and what does `stable-bpo' mean at:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xorg-server.html