From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 20:44:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 891BD1065704; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:44:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swell.k@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 268538FC20; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:44:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywa8 with SMTP id 8so2250679ywa.13 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:44:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:references :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=tm0AOvNGfu0vRx4yPZKVSpXVWMZQ8fWkoiSAIDTWxaI=; b=DUpZrUzskmKVADFTbzrKSGankaQik66L2gD9DpGN9q8lRk3A4IvRi3mebQVVqHh4cw jIBhbF82GP4u1GU3AnJwp6IYq6+i6Zuf1GzbUa+X7U8l/61AfZ7eMX68iRCYNrQsET5G F1eoN5s10TlR9cwWHpknLojCR9hvD5GyF8ruY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=CRiJgWKhdQUD7TLnc8CLkAKmvK1MnPdkez48F4bUR/QW2mxuAt6hVdPxJkjE0/EDNT 7JggMJ8pXK/UrY8dLQPRAcV+u60l66tDhzkb7j+vtZmQDnxWUoqNM+c4kg1OT3ZNSeD1 P4X4kMhQerBaD5WyEjOGGzTdyCOyDQvcZtOSI= Received: by 10.100.201.8 with SMTP id y8mr3611432anf.169.1289767498208; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:44:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (tor-exit-proxy3-readme.formlessnetworking.net [208.53.142.39]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w3sm2894279anw.5.2010.11.14.12.44.56 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:44:57 -0800 (PST) From: Anonymous To: Kris Moore 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> <4CE01110.6030102@icyb.net.ua> <20101114200643.GA11920@pcbsd.org> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:44:51 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20101114200643.GA11920@pcbsd.org> (Kris Moore's message of "Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:06:43 -0500") Message-ID: <864objr5x8.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Warren Block , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon , Alexey Shuvaev , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, josh@ixsystems.com, Mark Linimon Subject: Re: xorg-server 1.7.7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:44:59 -0000 Kris Moore 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?)