With proposed updates and xorg-edgers enabled there wasn't much sign that I would be able to upgrade to X Server 1.14.2 any time soon without removing anything.
Note to self of packages removed/upgraded:
Code:
paul@lubuntu-64:~$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade
The following packages will be upgraded:
libxfixes3 libxi6 xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-vmware
15 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,317 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,024 B will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-savage : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics : Depends: xorg-input-abi-18 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-input-mouse : Depends: xorg-input-abi-18 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-vesa : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-trident : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse : Depends: xorg-input-abi-18 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-sis : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-s3 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-r128 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-13 which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) xserver-xorg-input-all
2) xserver-xorg-input-mouse
3) xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
4) xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
5) xserver-xorg-video-all
6) xserver-xorg-video-ati
7) xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
8) xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
9) xserver-xorg-video-mach64
10) xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
11) xserver-xorg-video-r128
12) xserver-xorg-video-s3
13) xserver-xorg-video-savage
14) xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
15) xserver-xorg-video-sis
16) xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
17) xserver-xorg-video-trident
18) xserver-xorg-video-vesa
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
paul@lubuntu-64:~$
The only ones I cared about keeping were xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and xserver-xorg-video-vesa, but in theory I should be able to add them again at some point.
All still seems to be working ok.