X.Org 7.5 development is currently underway.
Features Added/Enhanced
E-EDID support (AdamJackson)
xorg-server 1.6.0 or 1.7.0.
Add SELinux security module which uses XACE (EamonWalsh).
RandR 1.3 (KeithPackard)
Features Removed
X server libraries: cfb, afb, mfb/xf1bpp
X server support for obsolete/unused/broken/unmaintained extensions: AppGroup, EVI, MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, TOG-CUP, XTrap, XFree86-Misc, XEvIE
X server command line flags: -co, -bestrefresh, -showunresolved
X server bundled utilties: xorgconfig, xorgcfg, ioport, kbd_mode
Unmaintained X server variants: Xgl, Xprt (moved to separate xprint git repo)
TODO
New Input Hotness: Xi 2/3 & XKB 2 (DanielStone, PeterHutterer)
- Disable XFree86-DGA requests except relative mouse motion, until Xinput 2 allows killing it all.
Referee DoubleBuffer vs. MultiBuffer vs. libfb/Composite
Add Solaris Trusted Extensions security module which uses XACE (AlanCoopersmith).
Add support for UnixWare (KeanJohnson).
Shatter (cf description in git), in some form or other (AdamJackson)
- Multiple PCI cards doesn't work particularly well anymore.
Schedule
To be decided. See if ReleaseSchedule is updated.
New/Updated Modules
app
driver
input
video
doc
lib
proto