Proposed Process Changes For X Server 1.8

“Just take a look at X.Org 7.4 Finally Released, X.Org 7.5
Released. Wait, Nope!, or X Server 1.4.1 Is Released, No Joke as
recent examples. With the X Server 1.7 / X.Org 7.5 release cycle
that we are finally getting close to ending, it took multiple tries
and is coming out over six months later than expected. Granted,
there is Multi-Pointer X support and other new improvements, but
concerns about the degrading quality of releases have been voiced
for years. Fortunately, this situation may finally turn around.

“Peter Hutterer, who has been working on the X.Org input code
for some time and is the developer behind MPX, late into the X.Org
7.5 release cycle decided to step up to the plate and personally
get this important X.Org update out the door. Peter is not stopping
after X Server 1.7, but has already made a proposal regarding the
release and development changes going forward for X Server 1.8 and
into the future.”

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