1.9.0 was released in August 2010.
We were already unintentionally relying on things not available in 1.8 for at least a year, and nobody has complained.
e592f32 Require xserver 1.9 or newer
configure.ac | 2 +-
src/radeon.h | 8 --------
src/radeon_dri2.c | 14 --------------
src/radeon_glamor.c | 8 --------
src/radeon_video.c | 2 --
5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 33 deletions(-)
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