Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 11:14:12 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Ladan?= <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> To: Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org Ports" <ports@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of legacy X.Org (aka non-WITH_NEW_XORG) Message-ID: <CADL2u4goLvk-VGbLkWrpXV23RJfvfnypGz3a6OQtdkwTps1ScA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <542E6606.9050205@orange.fr> References: <20141003083051.GA52332@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <542E6606.9050205@orange.fr>
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2014-10-03 11:01 GMT+02:00 Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr>: > On 10/03/2014 10:30, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As you may know, the ports tree currently provides two versions of the >> X.Org server and related pieces of software: >> 1. xserver 1.7, Mesa 7.6 and libdrm 2.4.17 >> 2. xserver 1.12, Mesa 9.1 and libdrm 2.4.52 >> >> We are about to remove the older set. The primary reason is the >> maintenance cost. The Graphics team is small and it's a nightmare to >> test changes. The consequence is infrequent updates to those packages >> and, of course, way more work each time we decide to jump to a later >> version. All this time spent on keeping the legacy stack in a working >> state isn't invested on improving the current one and today's hardware >> support. >> >> The recent update to Cairo is a good example of this unsustainable >> situation: we tested what we could with the time we had and we sent a >> "Call for testers" on freebsd-x11@ and freebsd-current@ mailing-lists as >> well as asking for help on several Quarterly Status Reports. The benefit >> (if not the requirement) of the update and the lack of failure reports >> were instrumental in the final decision. Unfortunately, many users of >> the old X.Org server on Intel GPUs are now having crashes with any Gtk+ >> applications or the X.Org server itself. This time, we won't revert >> anything or spend more time on trying to fix the old stack. >> >> [...] NVIDIA does not exist in your world ? > > Nvidia (GeForce GT240M, old card indeed) works fine here with NEW_XORG on FreeBSD 10.0 using the nvidia-driver port (version 340.24) Ren=C3=A9
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