X.org X Window System support for Debian operating systems
The Debian X Strike Force is a team responsible for maintaining packages for the X Window System in Debian.
/FAQ - read this first
/HowToRandR12 - how-to use RandR 1.2 drivers
/Discussion - talk about the future
/Contrib - how to help us
/Links - try this if you need additional information
/git-usage - information on how to use our git repositories for developers
The recent important bugs, problems, updates are syndicated on this blog (which supersedes the previous Release Notes for Recent Uploads).
David Nusinow will occasionally post updates to his blog. This blog is syndicated on Planet Debian. These can help provide a bird's eye view of what we're up to for the casual observer.
How to Contact Us
The mailing list is located at debian-x@lists.debian.org. The archives for it are at http://lists.debian.org/debian-x. Most of our communication happens via these resources, as well as the bug tracking system (all bugs against the X Strike Force packages are mailed to the mailing list).
We also have an irc channel on OFTC (which irc.debian.org points to) in #debian-x.
Current Status
Current stable release is Xorg 7.1.0
Current testing release is Xorg 7.2.0 + updates
Current unstable release is Xorg 7.2.0 + updates
- Currently experimental is open for git HEAD stuff and new upstream releases that can't go in unstable for now.
More details are available in the Release Status
/XSFTODO list.
Plans for adopting to recent events with respect to Compiz, Beryl, and Compiz Fusion
Information about Xprint can be found here.
The BTS cleaning/triaging is done (Current status)
Who we are
Timo Aaltonen tepsipakki (Ubuntu Coordinator)
- Denis Barbier
- Ian Campbell (ivtvdev video driver)
Julien Cristau jcristau
Michel Dänzer MrCooper
- Mattia Dongili (synaptics and evtouch input drivers)
Brice Goglin bgoglin
Eugene Konev ejka
David Martínez Moreno Jo-Con-El
David Nusinow gravity
Drew Parsons Rizzer (Xprint)
Christian Perrier bubulle (Translation Coordinator)
Branden Robinson Overfiend
Andres Salomon dilinger
- Jurij Smakov (Sparc Video Driver Maintainer)
Mohammed Adnène Trojette adn (X Keyboard)