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Date:      Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:44:51 +0300
From:      Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>
To:        Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org>
Cc:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>, Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, josh@ixsystems.com, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Subject:   Re: xorg-server 1.7.7
Message-ID:  <864objr5x8.fsf@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101114200643.GA11920@pcbsd.org> (Kris Moore's message of "Sun,  14 Nov 2010 15:06:43 -0500")
References:  <4CD7C15D.2010203@icyb.net.ua> <20101108150306.GB17517@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <4CD8132D.9090902@icyb.net.ua> <20101113192506.GC29660@lonesome.com> <4CDEE881.201@icyb.net.ua> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1011140912370.20050@wonkity.com> <4CE01110.6030102@icyb.net.ua> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1011141218580.20557@wonkity.com> <20101114200643.GA11920@pcbsd.org>

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Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:24:44PM -0700, Warren Block wrote:
>> On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> 
>> > on 14/11/2010 18:18 Warren Block said the following:
>> >> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I agree, but I am not sure how in the ports land we do an application testing in
>> >>> general.  That is, I am sure there will be a lot of testers if the port update
>> >>> is actually committed :-) but I am not sure how to test it in advance (given all
>> >>> the possible hardware and software configurations).
>> >>
>> >> Why not just create a new xorg-server177 or xorg-server-devel port as has been
>> >> done with other ports?
>> >
>> > Would it be really worth it?
>> > 1.7.7 is just couple of minor releases ahead of what we have now and the latest
>> > _release_ is 1.9.2.
>> > So, xorg-server-devel for 1.9.2 - that would make sense for my taste.
>> > xorg-server-devel for 1.7.7 - just an overcautiousness and, IMO, a waste of
>> > resources.
>> 
>> It would depend on how compatible the newer server is with the existing 
>> xorg ports.  But sure, go with the newest one that still works.
>> 
>> If these ports are too shaky for normal users, they wouldn't even have 
>> to go in the tree.  Put them on a web page somewhere.  But this would 
>> ast least allow a wider range of testing.
>
> Does the xorg porting team have a repo somewhere for port work, ala area51
> for KDE4? If not, would setting one up be of interest to people here? That 
> probably be a service we could easily provide, since we are particularly
> attached to having a working Xorg ;)

It has one

  http://wiki.freebsd.org/ModularXorg/7.5

Not sure about previous major updates. With history scattered across
several development repos[*] it can be quite hard to track.

[*] no one uses branches in ports tree (shuns CVS?)



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