[ubuntu-x] Confusing alpha-2 information on intel driver

[Eric Appleman]

On 06/14/2009 03:20 PM, Geir Ove Myhr wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just looked at the information page about Karmic alpha-2
> (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha2) and it has a paragraph
> about the UXA in the -intel driver which I find confusing:
>
> <quote>
> New Intel video driver architecture available for testing
>
> In later Karmic milestones the Intel video driver will most probably
> switch from the current "EXA" acceleration method to the new "UXA".
> This will solve major performance problems of Ubuntu 9.04, but is
> still not as stable as EXA, which is why it is not yet enabled by
> default. We invite you to help testing UXA, please see the
> instructions and feedback page.
> </quote>
>
> This sounds like EXA is still the default in Karmic alpha-2, and that
> UXA needs to be enabled according to the UXA testing page
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/UxaTesting). But the intel driver version
> in Karmic alpha-2 is 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu2 [1]
> which has no support for EXA anymore. Right?
>
> [1] OT: would anybody tell me what those colons in the version numbers mean?
>
>    
AFAIK, the colons refer to the Debian epoch.