From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 8 01:58:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C244D0; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 01:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu [18.9.25.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EFA7105E; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 01:58:01 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190f-b7fa58e000000953-62-51da1b767666 Received: from mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.35]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 7D.55.02387.67B1AD15; Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:52:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id r681qrSU009677; Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:52:54 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id r681qpnn009471 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:52:52 -0400 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id r681qoKd027895; Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:52:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:52:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Gabor Pali Subject: Re: svn commit: r42185 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status In-Reply-To: <201307070607.r6767sFL068075@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201307070607.r6767sFL068075@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrIIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixCmqrFsmfSvQoHmfjsWPj4eYLOasfspo cWPRfiaL3f29zA4sHjM+zWcJYIzisklJzcksSy3St0vgyli25Sp7wUGFiruTnjE1MC6X7GLk 5JAQMJE49mIzM4QtJnHh3nq2LkYuDiGBfYwST5/vYodwNjBKrNuwFso5yCSxZ+pyFpAWIYF6 idXvVoDZLAJaEm1Le9hAbDYBFYmZbzaC2SICChKnd/SA1TALREnsWdrICmILC3hKrL/2iR3E 5hSwkmiY/QionoODV8BR4s5meYjxlhL3J+8EaxUV0JFYvX8KmM0rIChxcuYTqJGWEuf+XGeb wCg4C0lqFpLUAkamVYyyKblVurmJmTnFqcm6xcmJeXmpRbomermZJXqpKaWbGMEhK8m/g/Hb QaVDjAIcjEo8vAVnbwYKsSaWFVfmHmKU5GBSEuW9JXQrUIgvKT+lMiOxOCO+qDQntfgQowQH s5IIrzgrUI43JbGyKrUoHyYlzcGiJM777OnZQCGB9MSS1OzU1ILUIpisDAeHkgTvTCmgRsGi 1PTUirTMnBKENBMHJ8hwHqDhO0FqeIsLEnOLM9Mh8qcYFaXEeWeAJARAEhmleXC9sJTyilEc 6BVh3maQKh5gOoLrfgU0mAlocNf9ayCDSxIRUlINjGU+H8rPBbZIhH7Yc8SUeVlgxuWdJt9W u70wnufPK1d/Pi6cQzNhxfk5/OL6Dr3vL/w7wPnp27Sc7KPf9587xvV5e+LEm3+cljdXKq3/ tnJu7kuXC6VTmBtmCnzee9R7lfuu3MuMt09WdM6KZtILaC7SbmGY3SIbO73llJ/anKKuB3pa 8x/vYFNiKc5INNRiLipOBAD2kEFmBAMAAA== Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:58:02 -0000 On Sun, 7 Jul 2013, Gabor Pali wrote: > Author: pgj > Date: Sun Jul 7 06:07:53 2013 > New Revision: 42185 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42185 > > Log: > - Add a Q2 report entry on the xorg work > > Submitted by: zeising > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Sun Jul 7 05:55:16 2013 (r42184) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Sun Jul 7 06:07:53 2013 (r42185) > @@ -1139,4 +1139,82 @@ > for more.

> > > + > + > + xorg on &os; > + > + > + > + x11@FreeBSD.org > + > + > + > + > + Niclas > + Zeising > + > + zeising@FreeBSD.org > + > + > + > + > + Koop > + Mast > + > + kwm@FreeBSD.org > + > + > + > + > + > + > + > + > + > +

During the beginning of this quarter, work focused on making > + the xorg update as robust and stable as possible in > + preparation for the merge to ports. As part of this exp-run > + were made, to find and resolve regressions and other issues. "As a part of this, Ports exp-runs were performed to find and resolve regressions and other issues." > + Once this was completed, xorg was updated to version > + 7.7 on May 25, after more than a year of hard work.

> + > +

After the update, work immediately shifted to focus on updating > + and patching xorg client libraries, since numerous > + security issues had been identified in those. Unfortunately, > + this took a little longer than anticipated, but all fixes were > + comitted eventually.

> + > +

There has also been work on making the new xorg > + distribution the default for &os; 9.1 and later. A patch > + was sent out and tested with good results, but this is currently > + postponed because switching virtual terminals is not working > + with the KMS driver.

I heard a rumor that the FreeBSD Foundation had funded some work for fixing VT switching with KMS? If so, that would be good to mention. > +

Currently, work is focusing on keeping xorg drivers > + and libraries up to date. Instead of making big updates every > + year or less, minor updates to some libraries, applications and > + drivers happen fairly regularly. Focus is also starting to > + shift towards newer versions of MESA and xorg-server, > + but this is still very experimental.

> + > + > + > + Continue the porting effort of recent versions of MESA. > + This is ongoing work, but integrating this into the development > + repo is hard work. Once this is completed, and KMS support for > + ATI is more mature, more testing can be done. > + > + Port Wayland. The future of graphical environments in open > + source operating system seem to be Wayland. This needs to be "seems" > + ported to &os; so that a wider audience can test it, and so that > + it eventually can be integrated into the ports tree, perhaps as > + a replacement for the current xorg. > + > + Look into replacements for HAL. HAL is used for > + hot-plugging of devices, but it has been long abandoned by Linux. > + A replacement, perhaps build on top of devd would be nice to comma after devd (or use parens for the parenthetical remark). -Ben > + have. This work should be coordinated with the &os; GNOME and > + KDE teams. > + > + > >