From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 18 08:55:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E48C16A4CE for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:55:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7310943D3F for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:55:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 18 Dec 2004 08:55:08 -0000 Received: from pD955F8E0.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO lofi.dyndns.org) (217.85.248.224) by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 18 Dec 2004 09:55:08 +0100 X-Authenticated: #443188 Received: from kiste.my.domain (kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iBI8t5eH046220 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:55:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) From: Michael Nottebrock To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:55:02 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20041218055311.GA52088@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com> In-Reply-To: <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200412180955.03826.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Ports freeze for 4.11-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:55:10 -0000 --nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 18. December 2004 07:30, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > [ Redirected to -x11. ] > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:53:11PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > The ports freeze for 4.11-RELEASE will start on 12/30 at 12:01 AM UTC. > > It's our intention to have a short freeze of a week or less this time > > because the ports collection is in relatively good shape on 4.x at the > > moment, so please don't do anything to change that. > > > > In particular, in the lead-up to the freeze, please make sure you test > > major updates carefully on 4.x prior to committing, and if you don't > > have the opportunity to do so, then either ask someone else to test, > > or hold off until after the freeze. > > I know most of us are quite busy this time of year, but out of > curiosity, is there any chance at all of Xorg 6.8 making it into the > tree before this release? The default X Window System for 4.x is XFree86 anyway - and given how near = 4.x=20 is to its EOL, that won't change anymore. Xorg on 4.x actually isn't much of a safe bet - packages are not built for = it=20 (or against it) and any combination FreeBSD4 + Xorg + receives= =20 few to zero testing. I've already seen one report of KDE "not working right= "=20 on 4.x with the Xorg 6.8.1 patches that have been floating around - and sin= ce=20 nobody from the current KDE team has time to maintain a 4.x + Xorg system,= =20 this combination will most likely become unsupported. So, cut short, you should think twice before deploying 4.x systems with Xor= g,=20 it will greatly increase your support overhead one way or the other - if fo= r=20 the only reason that you will need to build your own packages for them. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBw/BnXhc68WspdLARAin1AKCMlxy50GljgGG0DNKYD4z+4R2rUACghSEu LtPgbdSV0iBe0XvFau3PJjI= =/KLt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49--