Release manager: KeithPackard

Stable branch maintainer: JeremyHuddleston

== Schedule ==

 * End of feature merge window: 2010-06-01
 * End of bugfix window: 2010-08-01
 * Release of 1.9.0: 2010-08-20

See also the [[http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=nl1n1fmvu091eqh35ldqspar80%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Australia/Brisbane|X.Org Calendar]].

== Features ==

 * dix devPrivates rework (changed by a memory-wise version)
 * DRI2: 
   * [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cdcb575664d3d60b662c542e782de83a047165c9|new authentication mechanism]] allowing build the server without libdrm
   * [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=421606a8ef447d10c2ee0986f20e752056a47675|buffers invalidation]] to reduce unnecessary round trips to the X server
   * lot of fixes.
 * configuration: smart set up using xorg.conf.d (FIXME DanNicholson, PeterHutterer), start up of the server [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=5939e39a641773a36c22104e1184143678dca7a2| without output devices connected]]
 * xinput: [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=7c085aebfedeb621a6fbeb3f09f4fcc640452044|invisible cursor sprite not damaging screen anymore]] (performance improvements)
 * code clean-up:
  * MAXSCREENS (almost) removal
  * allocation function wrapping removal
  * bus PCI related
  * replacement of all X allocation functions (*alloc) with their C89 counterparts (performance improvement)
  * removal of bzero
  * region implementation from mi to dix
  * mandatory RENDER
 * documentation: conversion of LinuxDoc documents to DocBook/XML
 * deprecation: mibank support, Multibuffer extension (MBE).
 * besides lot of bug fixing as usual ([[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=518f3b189b6c8aa28b62837d14309fd06163ccbb|sw cursor on multiple screens]]) and big number of changes (339 commits since X server 1.8.0 - 9th Jun)

== Proposing patches for 1.9.x ==

Server 1.9.0 has been [[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2010-August/001390.html|released]].  Patches may be nominated for future 1.9.x releases using the process outlined below.

  * '''Do not push to server-1.9-branch.'''
  * Patches for 1.9 must be in master first. Please follow the guidelines outlined on the [[XServer]] page to get a patch into master. Exceptions are patches where the master code has changed in a way that git master is not affected by a particular bug.
  * For single patches: Once a patch is in master, let the stable branch maintainer know that this patch is to be cherry-picked to 1.9.  Reply to the original patch email, placing the branch maintainer in TO and CC-ing the list.  Make sure that the subject line contains `[PATCH 1.9]`.
  * For multiple patches: Create a local branch and cherry-pick the patches required (Always use cherry-pick -x). Push this branch to your people.freedesktop.org repository and send a pull request to the stable branch maintainer, CC-ing the list.  Make sure the subject line contains `[PULL 1.9]`.
  * Only regressions over the previous stable will be accepted between the final rc and the release.