Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 17:59:34 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xcb-util 0.3.4 breaks awesome Message-ID: <1241737174.1788.19.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <20090507225307.GG3811@hades.panopticon> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905062112380.17395@FGD135.localdomain> <20090507220706.GF3811@hades.panopticon> <1241735526.1788.12.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090507225307.GG3811@hades.panopticon>
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--=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 02:53 +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > * Robert Noland (rnoland@FreeBSD.org) wrote: >=20 > > > 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). > > >=20 > > > 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. > > >=20 > > > This is really our fault as there should've been more testing and > > > coordination with this update. > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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 :) Agreed, providing a solution whatever it may be is always a good thing for users. robert. --=20 Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD --=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkoDZ9YACgkQM4TrQ4qfROMMNACfbvoxnUCt1i2MPBg6qrP7NbQV vC4AoIn24TLyS6uCdw30IXBD/0XSVRY1 =5Dcn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV--
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