7.3 was released on 2007-09-06.
Features
Xorg server 1.4 - see Server14Branch for more details. Highlights:
RandR 1.2: RandR 1.2 offers output hotplug, as well as on-the-fly output reconfiguration and mode switching.
Input hotplug: Input hotplug allows hotplugging of input devices, and also adds enhanced support for touchscreens and tablets, through either HAL or D-Bus.
- KDrive: Numerous enhancements have been made to the KDrive codebase, including better support for multiple input devices.
DTrace: When running on OpenSolaris, DTrace support is available in the X server, allowing detailed accounting of operations inside the server.
- EXA: A great deal of work has been done on the EXA framework to make it more usable.
- New applications: xbacklight
- New drivers: xf86-video-glide, xf86-video-vermilion
- New man pages for API's: libXinerama, libXcomposite, XKB functions in libX11, Xtest functions in libXtst
Support for font catalogue directories in font path
- xdm: Xft support added
Download
All source tarballs are available at http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/src The release notes are available at http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/doc/RELNOTES.txt
Security Fixes
CVE-2007-1003/CVE-2007-1351/CVE-2007-1352/CVE-2007-1667: various integer overflow vulnerabilites in xserver, libX11 and libXfont
New/Updated modules
app
driver
input
video
doc
lib
proto