Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-12.1 Severity: wishlist
Hi, in general I'm a friend of the somewhat conservative strategie of the Debian project, but ... The XFree86 project is going to release version 4.4 of it's server in about a month. The Debian testing and unstable tree still contains only version 4.2.1 of this server which has been made obsolete by the release of the follow-up version (4.3) more than 8 months ago! Even this old Debian 4.2.1-version declares itself as a pre-release version, but this is another topic: This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way ... I don't know the reason but IMHO ignoring a new stable release of a that much hardware related program for more than 8 months is a bit too much. Version 4.3 should have been gone into testing long ago. Even in the experimental tree I could only find a pre-4.3-version of the xserver-xfree86 package. Or is this in reality a pre-4.4-version, which would be a glimmer of hope for the future? Uwe -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux p3 2.4.22 #1 Sun Aug 31 00:21:40 CEST 2003 i686 Versions of packages xserver-xfree86 depends on: ii debconf 1.3.15 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii xserver-common 4.2.1-12.1 files and utilities common to all ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-16 compression library - runtime