[Xastir] Is there anyone left running Xorg server 1.7.5?

[Piotr Gluszenia Slawinski]

> The bug in Xorg-server was fixed long ago, but the workaround remains in
> Xastir.  Unfortunately, this is not a work-around that can be tested at
> configure time and disabled --- the bug is in the X server, not the client, and
> one cannot know at compile time whether Xastir will be used with an X server
> that has the bug.  Thus we're all stuck with the workaround, even if we're
> not using an X server that has that bug.

perhaps just add configure _option_ ? if someone is affected,
he will just recompile with that option enabled
(i.e. --with-broken-xorg ).
  given dynamics
of xastir releases i assume
such work-around will suffice for next 10 years ;)

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