From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 22:54:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED31A106564A for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 22:54:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amdmi3@amdmi3.ru) Received: from smtp.timeweb.ru (smtp.timeweb.ru [217.170.79.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B988FC13 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 22:54:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amdmi3@amdmi3.ru) Received: from [213.148.20.85] (helo=hive.panopticon) by smtp.timeweb.ru with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M2CTf-00011W-L1; Fri, 08 May 2009 02:54:07 +0400 Received: from hades.panopticon (hades.panopticon [192.168.0.32]) by hive.panopticon (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88947B84D; Fri, 8 May 2009 02:52:52 +0400 (MSD) Received: by hades.panopticon (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6819B108841; Fri, 8 May 2009 02:53:07 +0400 (MSD) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 02:53:07 +0400 From: Dmitry Marakasov To: Robert Noland Message-ID: <20090507225307.GG3811@hades.panopticon> References: <20090507220706.GF3811@hades.panopticon> <1241735526.1788.12.camel@balrog.2hip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1241735526.1788.12.camel@balrog.2hip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List Subject: Re: xcb-util 0.3.4 breaks awesome X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 22:54:09 -0000 * Robert Noland (rnoland@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > > That's quite complicated problem actually - xcb-util update has > > broken awesome; we could update awesome to 3.3-rc1, but it requires > > startup-notification 0.10 (which likely requires new xcb-util as > > well). > > > > Thus we'll likely have to wait for s-n 0.10 and consider awesome > > broken for now. Meanwhile, awesome users are recommended to not > > upgrade from/downgrade to xcb-util 0.3.3. > > > > This is really our fault as there should've been more testing and > > coordination with this update. > > Holding back X or it's sub-components is really not an option. The > applications have to keep up. xcb-util doesn't fall under my umbrella, > exactly, but I do update it in Xorg sweeps on occasion. Unless the > damage is widespread progress must continue. Awesome needs to be > patched, updated or marked BROKEN temporarily. Sure, I've just did exactly that - marked awesome BROKEN in presence of newer xcb-util. The note above was for awesome users who, regardless of ports progression and updates, will need a way to use them :) -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru