Re: What version of Xorg?

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:59:46 +0000 Darren Salt <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| I demand that phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx may or may not have written...
|
|> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:00:07 +0000 Darren Salt
| <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|>> I demand that Dances With Crows may or may not have written...
| [snip]
|>>> Really Old X: 3.1 .. 3.6
|>>> Monolithic X: 4.0 .. 6.9
|>>> Modular X: 1.0 (==7.0) .. onward. No, I don't know why they did that.
|>> Not quite. 6.9 == X.org 1.0; 7.0 == Xorg 1.1.
|
|> On my older Slackware 11.0 box, X says it is version 6.9.0, not 1.0.
|
| The significant factor here is that 6.9.0 (X.org 1.0) was X.org's last
| monolithic release; 7.0 (1.1) is a modular release, but (AIUI) otherwise
| identical.

Still, it would have been LESS confusing if EITHER they made the components
match the main release (that would not be an option if components could step
releases at different rates), or listed the latest version of EVERY component
on the main web page.


|> But the new Slackware 12.0 box, the packing and "X -version" say 1.3.0. The
|> web site says 7.3 is the latest. It seems I have something about 15 years
|> old.
|
| Mine says "X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90".

And so the web site should say "The latest version of the X server is"
and list that version or whatever subsequent one it happens to be.


| The version number isn't a decimal number; it's a string with numeric
| components.

True. But the subtraction would mean only one part of the version needs
to be converted. They didn't do that, so I assume there is some reason.
The crux of the confusion, though, is that version numbers output by the
programs do not match versions from the web site. That is what IMHO needs
to be fixed.

--
|---------------------------------------/----------------------------------|
| Phil Howard KA9WGN (ka9wgn.ham.org) / Do not send to the address below |
| first name lower case at ipal.net / spamtrap-2008-01-29-2004@xxxxxxxx |
|------------------------------------/-------------------------------------|
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Aplus.net, experiences?
    ... They suddenly get very shirty when you demand ... > pro-rata refunds for times when the server (and hence your web site) ...
    (alt.php)
  • Re: Cant see performance report, etc. SBS2003
    ... However, for "OpenSSH Server", you need to ensure it started, or set ... click to check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" ... Make sure no host header is assigned to the Default Web Site. ... Reinstall Monitoring component: ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: IIS (on SBS 2k) default website stopped address already in use
    ... server box properly and configure the following settings on the ISA server. ... Create an anonymous Site and Content rule for Windows Update ... Web site through a server that is running ISA Server ... Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: publishing multiple websites in ISA 2004
    ... hosted off of a second server that is a member server in the network. ... We can publish multiple internal websites through ISA ... INSIDE OF SBS NETWORK, IS SAFER THAN JUST ON THE SBS/ISA BOX, CORRECT? ... 816576 How to create a new virtual server or Web site in Internet ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • RE: HELP! Strange Problem with Internet Access after Migration
    ... Server, you cannot access your web site www.tapeandmedia.com, but other ... If you are using ISA 2000, there is a known issue when the internal client ... Since the internet computers can access the published web sites, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)