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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"
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[
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<!ENTITY % defs SYSTEM "/xorg-sgml-doctools/X11/defs.ent"> %defs;
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]>
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<article>
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<articleinfo>
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<title>README for X11R&relvers;</title>
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<corpauthor><ulink url="http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation">
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The X.Org Foundation
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</ulink></corpauthor>
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<pubdate>&reldate;</pubdate>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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X11R&relvers; is an Open Source version of the X Window System that
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supports many <trademark class="registered">UNIX</trademark> and UNIX-like
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operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris)
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on a variety of platforms. This version is compatible with
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X11R&prevrelvers; and other X Window System implementations which support
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the X11 standard.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1>
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<title>What is X11R&relvers;?</title>
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<!-- We only do release notes for full releases now.
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<![ %updaterel [
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<para>
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X11R&relvers; is the &whichupdaterel; update to X11R&majorvers;, the
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&whichfullrel; full release in the <![ %earlyrel; [new]]> X11R&relvers;
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series.
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</para>
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<para>
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Update releases are taken from a stable/maintenance branch. They are
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designed to be installed on top of the full release that they are updating.
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They contain fixes for serious problems, most commonly fixes for security
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issues, fixes for driver bugs, and fixes that improve stability.
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</para>
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]]>
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<![ %minorrel [
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-->
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<para>
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X11R&relvers; is the &whichfullrel; release in the X11R&majorvers; series.
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Tarballs for packages that have had updates since the &prevrelvers; release
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are included in this release. To build this release, you will first need to
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get the packages from X11R&prevrelvers; and then add the new packages from
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X11R&relvers; to them.
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</para>
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<!--
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]]>
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<![ %snapshot [
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<para>
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X11R&relvers; is a pre-release snapshot of X11R&fullrelvers;.
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<![ %relcandidate [
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This snapshot is a release candidate &rcnum; for version &fullrelvers;.
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]]>
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Pre-release snapshots are provided for beta testing. You should only
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install snapshots if you're comfortable dealing with possibly unstable
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beta-level software. If you find problems with this snapshot, you are
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encouraged to report your findings to the public X.Org server mailing list:
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<email>xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</email>.
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</para>
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]]>
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-->
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<para>
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<!--
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<![ %majorrel [
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X11R&relvers; is the first release in the new X11R&majorvers; series.
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The &relvers; version is a new major release that includes additional
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hardware support, functional enhancements and bug fixes.
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]]>
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<![ %minorrel [
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The &relvers; version is a new minor release that includes additional
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hardware support, functional enhancements and bug fixes.
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]]>
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<![ %haverelnotes [
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-->
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Specific release enhancements can be viewed in the <ulink
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url="ReleaseNotes.html">Release Notes</ulink>.
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]]>
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-->
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</para>
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<para>
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Most modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC
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video hardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the
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"vesa" driver. The <ulink
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url="ReleaseNotes.html">Release Notes</ulink>
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has a table showing the drivers provided with X11R&relvers;, and links to
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related documentation.
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</para>
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<para>
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The X.Org Foundation X releases are produced by the X.Org Foundation.
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The X.Org Foundation has been formed as a Delaware corporation organized
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to operate as a scientific charity under IRS code 501(c)(3) chartered
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to develop and execute effective strategies which provide world-wide
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stewardship of the X Window System technology and standards. Membership
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in the X.Org Foundation is free to all participants. Applications for
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Membership are now being accepted, and active participants in the
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further development of the X Window Technology are invited to complete a
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<ulink
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url="http://www.x.org/wiki/Membership"
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>membership application</ulink>. The X11R&relvers; release has been
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produced by the many contributors to the X.Org community and members of
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the X.Org Foundation and includes code from the X Consortium, the Open
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Group and the <trademark class="registered">XFree86</trademark> Project.
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This release is dedicated to the greater X community, developers and
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users alike.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<![ %snapshot [
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<sect1>
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<title>Redistribution of Snapshots</title>
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<para>
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While the X.Org Foundation <ulink
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url="LICENSE.html">License</ulink>
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doesn't
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prohibit vendors and others redistributing binaries of this snapshot
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release, we don't recommend including them in production releases.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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]]>
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-->
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<sect1>
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<title>Licensing</title>
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<para>
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X Window System source code is covered by many licenses. All of these
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licenses have in common the fact that they do not impose significant
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conditions on the modification or redistribution or either source code
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or binaries beyond requiring one or more of the following:
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</para>
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<para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Copyright and/or license notices are left intact.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Copyright and/or license notices are reproduced verbatim in
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documentation accompanying binary distributions.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Attributions are included with documentation accompanying binaries.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Most of these licenses are based on the MIT, X Consortium, or BSD
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(original and revised) licenses. All of them are consistent with the
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<ulink
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url="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php"
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>Open Source Definition</ulink
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>, and most are
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consistent with the Free Software Foundation's <ulink
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url="http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html"
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>Free Software Definition</ulink
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>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Copyright and Licensing information for X, including the reproduction
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of copyright and/or license notices and attributions required by some
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of the licenses for binary distributions, can be found in the <ulink
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url="License.html">License Document</ulink>. If you find any omissions
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in that document, please contact us with details at
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<email>xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</email>.
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While the current licenses are all open source licenses, the
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X.Org Foundation is attempting, with time, to bring as much as
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possible of the code's licenses in the distribution into compliance with the
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<ulink url="http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines"
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>Debian Free Software Guidelines</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Pointers to additional information</title>
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<para>
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The documentation for this release can be found online at the <ulink
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url="http://www.x.org/">X.Org web site</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The X11 version numbering system (including historical information)
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can be found in the <ulink url="Versions.html">Versions Document</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Additional information may be available at the <ulink url="http://wiki.x.org/"
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>X.Org Foundation Wiki</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>The Public Mailing Lists</title>
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<para>
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Current information about the X.Org Foundation public mailing lists is
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available on <ulink url="http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgMailingLists">the X.Org
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mailing list page</ulink> and related desktop
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technology mailing lists can be found on <ulink
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url="http://freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo">Freedesktop.org's mailing list
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page</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.</title>
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<para>
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If you have any new work or enhancements/bug fixes for existing work,
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please send them as git format patches to
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<email>xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</email> or to our
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<ulink url="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/">bug tracking system</ulink>
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using the xorg component. This will help ensure that they are included
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in future releases. More details on patch submission and review
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process are available on the
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<ulink url="http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches">
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SubmittingPatches</ulink> page of the X.Org wiki.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>How to get the release</title>
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<![ %snapshot; [
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<para>
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X11R&relvers; can be found from the <ulink url="http://wiki.x.org">X.Org
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Foundation wiki</ulink>, and at mirrors of this server.
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</para>
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]]>
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<![ %release; [
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-->
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<para>
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Information about X11R&relvers; can be found from the
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<ulink
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url="http://wiki.x.org"
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>X.Org Foundation wiki</ulink>, and at
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mirrors of this server.
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</para>
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]]>
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-->
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<sect2>
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<title>X11R&relvers;</title>
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<para>
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This is the &whichfullrel; release of the new modular source code tree. The
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source code has been split into nine logical modules: app, data, doc,
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driver, font, lib. proto, util and xserver. Each of these modules
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contain one or more packages that can be configured, built and installed
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separately. Please see an X11R&relvers; release site for a complete
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list of the tarballs.
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</para>
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<para>
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For information on how to build the modular tree packages see the <ulink
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url="http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide"
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>Modular Developer's Guide</ulink
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>. This guide also
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contains information for developers who want to help improve the modular
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build system and modular code base.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>The current development tree</title>
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<para>
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The X source code for this and all releases/snapshots as well as
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development versions can also be accessed via the Freedesktop.org git
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repository. It's also possible to browse the <ulink
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url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/"
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>freedesktop git repository</ulink
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>.
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</para>
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<para>
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To check out the latest development version, don't specify any tag.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Reporting Bugs</title>
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<para>
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Bugs should be reported to freedesktop.org's <ulink
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url="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/">bug tracking system</ulink>
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using the xorg component. Before
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reporting bugs, please check the server log file, which can be found at
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<filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> on most platforms. If you can't
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resolve the problem yourself, send the entire log file with your bug report but
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not the operating system core dump. Do not edit the log file as our
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developers use it to reproduce and debug your problem. Please attach it
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to your bug report.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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