Release manager: [[KeithPackard|KeithPackard]]

Stable branch maintainer: [[PeterHutterer|PeterHutterer]]


## Schedule

* End of feature merge window: 2009-12-31
* End of bugfix window: 2010-2-28
* Release of 1.8.0: 2010-3-31

## Features

 * [[New input hotplug and configuration system|http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-configuration-world-order.html]], including:
    * [[HAL Replacement|XorgHAL]] - udev support for Linux integrated, other OS'es TBD
    * [[xorg.conf.d|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-devel/2009-November/003710.html]]

## Proposing patches for 1.8.x

The 1.8 branch has reached the [[end|http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-June/009460.html]] of its active development lifecycle.  Patches may be committed directly to the [[server-1.8-branch|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/log/?h=server-1.8-branch]].  If you feel the need to make an additional maintenance release from this branch, please discuss it on the [[xorg-devel|http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel]] mailing list after making sure it [[doesn't perform worse|http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-June/009484.html]] than the previous release.