Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:00:53 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Fwd: svn commit: r328711 - in head: . Mk astro/viking cad/pdnmesh cad/repsnapper deskutils/pinot devel/xorg-macros emulators/catapult emulators/qemu-devel emulators/tme games/klavaro games/sea-defender ... Message-ID: <524AF1B5.4090907@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1sOoL65G7L=DV_cvB%2B4ez9VkOFJQrzd3Fh-%2Bh6r7E3o7A@mail.gmail.com> References: <201309291701.r8TH1gNv021817@svn.freebsd.org> <5248609D.7030105@freebsd.org> <5249F831.6050702@netfence.it> <524A8953.7080802@freebsd.org> <CAN6yY1sOoL65G7L=DV_cvB%2B4ez9VkOFJQrzd3Fh-%2Bh6r7E3o7A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/01/13 17:01, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On 10/01/13 00:16, Andrea Venturoli wrote: >>> On 09/29/13 19:17, Niclas Zeising wrote: >>>> HEADS UP! >>>> >>>> I just committed an update to the MESA graphics stack (libGL, dri) and >>>> various other xorg ports. This mostly relates to people running with >>>> WITH_NEW_XORG=, but be sure to check UPDATING before updating. >>>> If you have any qeustions, don't hesitate to contact me or send a mail >>>> to the freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org mailing list. >>>> Regards! >>>> >>> >>> Great work! >>> >>> However, I think a little more info would be welcome by a lot of people. >>> >>> E.g. >>> In my case I have a Radeon card on 9.1... so: >>> _ I don't have KMS, right? >> >> No, you don't. You have to update to the latest 10-CURRENT for that. >> >>> _ up to now WITH_NEW_XORG has prevented 3D hardware acceleration from >>> working; is it still so with this update? >> >> I think so. Your best bet is to update to CURRENT. 10.0 isn't that far >> off, and we are in a code freeze, so 10 is reasonably stable. >> >>> _ any caveat? >> >> None known, just read UPDATING. >> Regards! >> > > Not to be contrary, but I think this is an exceptionally bad time to switch > to current if you want stability. Maybe in another week, but not quite yet. > When code freeze is upon us, there are LOTS of commits of WIP, and things > tend to break rather badly for a few days. These issues are normally fixed > fairly quickly, but it takes a little time and, from the issues raised in > mail to current@, things are still a bit rough. > > I really don't want to discourage the use of 10.0 as more use is far better > for a solid release, but running current can be a bit more risky, and > running it right after freeze is especially so. (So is running it right > after current is re-opened after release.) I'd recommend waiting until > around 10/10. (I like this date as it is the same whether your locality > puts month or day first). By then current should be pretty stable. > Just for the record, I've never really had any major trouble with CURRENT, and run it regularly on my desktop and laptop. Regards! -- Niclas Zeising
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