From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 22 08:10:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E488A1065676; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:10:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vehemens@verizon.net) Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net (vms173003pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C61B98FC15; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:10:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sam ([71.160.35.11]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KTI00EEG4192TM6@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net>; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:10:21 -0600 (CST) To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-disposition: inline From: vehemens Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:11:44 -0800 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Message-id: <200911220111.44806.vehemens@verizon.net> Cc: "b. f." Subject: Re: xorg ports roadmap? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:10:20 -0000 On Tuesday 10 November 2009 09:09:04 Robert Noland wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 00:18 +0000, b. f. wrote: > > What plans are there, if any, for an xorg update in Ports after 8.0 is > > released? What versions of the key xorg ports will be included in > > such an update? Are there any patches available, or a repository with > > public access, as in the past? Is rnoland@ the only person working on > > this? > > AFAIK, yes... I'm intending to update to at least basic set of 7.5 > ports. There are some issues that need to be resolved though. We can't > update the Intel driver without losing drm support and the current > driver doesn't build against Xserver 1.7.1. This is probably not a > major patch-up job, but I haven't looked at it in detail yet. The other > main issue is that updating libdrm will break nouveau support and I > haven't decided what to do about that yet. > > I'm happy to have help as my TODO list is quite lengthy and so it tends > to be more a question of what I feel like working on on any given day. > We just need to figure out how to effectively coordinate multiple > peoples efforts. > > I have many of the ports updated in my cvs tree, but a full review of > currently shipping versions needs to be done, as well as resolve the > issues mentioned above. Given the above tasks, when do you expect the updates to make it to the ports tree?