Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 10:23:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1805311004450.15754@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20180531101643.GV3789@kib.kiev.ua> References: <20180524160234.GD68014@FreeBSD.org> <201805241610.w4OGAAGY041280@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <20180530235156.310870d0@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <CAECmPwvFkO6Qc_7kZowCHdSEVQwV12ZomsbTe4=X=sp7pW=7Kg@mail.gmail.com> <20180531101643.GV3789@kib.kiev.ua>
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On Thu, 31 May 2018, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 08:34:44AM +0100, Johannes Lundberg wrote: > >> We're not replacing anything. We are moving the older drm1 and drm2 from >> kernel to ports to make it easier for the majority of the users to load the >> correct driver without conflicts. > > You do understand that you increase your maintainence load by this move. > dev/drm and dev/drm2 use KPIs which cannot be kept stable even in stable > branches, so you will need to chase these updates. I agree. One argument previously made was that it's easier to maintain in ports. One data point from me - I rarely update my ports, I update my OS much more frequently. In fact, some times my ports get so out of date I just (take off and) nuke /usr/local (from orbit, it's the only way to be sure). Also, are we trying to solve a problem by moving drm[2] to ports that won't be a problem when base is pkg'ized? If drm[2] is a package unto itself, then you don't have this problem of ports conflicting with it, at least not so much. You can either not install the base drm[2] package or deinstall it to make way for a conflicting port. Once drm[2] is pkg rm'd, it's not going to be reinstalled again when you update the base OS. And don't we have the same problem with sendmail and a few other base services? -- DE
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