Comment 60 for bug 1615871

Question:

Why are such things not being discussed in

Component: xorg
Product: Driver/modesetting

?

Also:

Why was xf86-video-modesetting implemented into xorg-server?

Now that Debian and Ubuntu are using xf86-video-modesetting instead of xf86-video-intel, it's no longer possible to upgrade the DDX driver without upgrading xorg-server, since xf86-video-modesetting no longer is a separate package.

Oibaf has already said that he will not include updates for xorg-server in his PPA:

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/opengl-vulkan-mesa-gallium3d/24959-updated-and-optimized-ubuntu-free-graphics-drivers/page168

Regards