Release manager: ?KeithPackard

Stable branch maintainer: JeremyHuddleston

Schedule

• End of feature merge window: 2010-06-01
• End of bugfix window: 2010-08-01
• Release of 1.9.0: 2010-08-20 See also the X.Org Calendar.

Features

• dix devPrivates rework (changed by a memory-wise version)
• DRI2:
  • new authentication mechanism allowing build the server without libdrm
  • buffers invalidation to reduce unnecessary round trips to the X server
  • lot of fixes.
• configuration: smart set up using xorg.conf.d (FIXME ?DanNicholson, ?PeterHutterer), start up of the server without output devices connected
• xinput: invisible cursor sprite not damaging screen anymore (performance improvements)
• code clean-up:
  • MAXSCREENS (almost) removal
  • allocation function wrapping removal
  • bus PCI related
  • replacement of all X allocation functions (*alloc) with their C89 counterparts (performance improvement)
  • removal of bzero
  • region implementation from mi to dix
  • mandatory RENDER
• documentation: conversion of LinuxDoc documents to DocBook/XML
• deprecation: mibank support, Multibuffer extension (MBE).
• besides lot of bug fixing as usual (sw cursor on multiple screens) and big number of changes (339 commits since X server 1.8.0 - 9th Jun)

Proposing patches for 1.9.x

Server 1.9.0 has been released. Patches may be nominated for future 1.9.x releases using the process outlined below.

• Do not push to server-1.9-branch.
• Patches for 1.9 must be in master first. Please follow the guidelines outlined on the XServer page to get a patch into master. Exceptions are patches where the master code has changed in a way that git master is not affected by a particular bug.
• For single patches: Once a patch is in master, let the stable branch maintainer know that this patch is to be cherry-picked to 1.9. Reply to the original patch email, placing the branch maintainer in TO and CC-ing the list. Make sure that the subject line contains [PATCH 1.9].
• For multiple patches: Create a local branch and cherry-pick the patches required (Always use cherry-pick -x). Push this branch to your people.freedesktop.org repository and send a pull request to the stable branch maintainer, CC-ing the list. Make sure the subject line contains [PULL 1.9].
• Only regressions over the previous stable will be accepted between the final rc and the release.