i did emerge -u --deep world to update everything because i havent used gentoo in a couple months

anyway I was looking at the console text and it is downloading X11R6.8.0, isn't there x11r6.8.1 out? I'm just trying to get the newest stuff, and the transperancy thing I heard about earlier..

X11 r6.8.1 is 6.8.0 + a single security fix. The gentoo X11 release had the patch before 6.8.1 got released, that's why they didn't change the version number...

ok thnx.

so is the transperancy effect in this version? I remember seeing a video about it and a topic a while ago

Yes, as long as you enable the composite extension and compile xcompmgr.

Not really no.

The -rX after a version number on an ebuild mean its only patches being applied. If you have 6.8.0-r2 and 6.8.0-r4, the only difference is patches but the code is the same, no new lines have been added. 6.8.0-r1 was released with the appropriate patch to fix an issue with X Server. The official 6.8.1 from X.Org was released because they had already released 6.8.0 and the 1 signifies fixes. If that is making sense.

Basically X.Org had to call it 6.8.1 to reflect the new fix while Gentoo, since wasnt any new lines of code added to X Server, went with their naming structure and called it r1. Thats what all the rX's in Gentoo stand for. Patches.

But that is basically what LaNcom was saying.

Not really, he just said Gentoo had the patch first and thats not true or accurately describes the use of -rX's in ebuilds. Patches need to be checked in so the only person that has them before anyone else, is the developer of that piece of software. It is then approved and circulated. Technically you can say the first person to have it would be the actual person who coded the patch but I know it wasnt anyone working for Gentoo. Even then, it would need to be submitted and checked in before getting the green light.

You arent going to submit a patch for X Server to Gentoo.