Are there any special plans for Xorg in Jaunty?
We’ve incorporated a huge amount of new architecture into Ubuntu’s Xorg over the past few releases, thanks to all the intensive work by upstream. In Jaunty, I want to place our focus on stabilization and polish. We’ve got several plans relating to config tools under way, building on Alberto Milone’s work with x-kit. Wacom tablet support has gotten quite a bit of visibility; our incorporation of input-hotplug last release did not solve wacom tablet issues, so we’d like to take a deeper look into this one area for Jaunty. To support stabilization work, I’ve been working on an XSmoke test suite – nothing fancy, just a simple way to run a few basic ‘does it work’ checks in a repeatable process. Another stabilization-focused tool is a ‘historical driver package’ page, which provides i386 and amd64 .debs of git snapshots of upstream drivers going back through time. This will provide a convenient and simple way for users and testers to test older versions, without the need for learning git-bi
