From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 25 18:08:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE3DD1065670 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:08:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865418FC19 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 22so8543eye.9 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:08:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=go7ElhtOFN4al53f6rowhqKI3IOlZXriHTU4uihLxQU=; b=QsM8pqteFy40403G7KXuIirUUykyJDFW2gLhnVaN41U7ENxJoglIYlw7yMrgaN1gV4 xXvKV5vYl1H4n9ezIdfHmwG92glPNJl7sGUslNwEulFS+6n8AyQqZqqzfbO9BC73lhLI DM1sSIYVwgyM2csgCLCI48VwGflvks1RkjhY4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=f3Ajk4RmKHvRUnNoyb8+Iob1v5EPIBwDuSfvkDE/EyDO2T7DvrG+zu1WypVIOGH5u8 ccP8FzwaChCTCrUWa2BeG1uZYGWwBVWuwX9vfIQWJUCSql2ixfjWmpIVhVJ1vG7qljOm UnS3WhWjeVU+CgWEzIDjiAVb/FD76jPVQllq0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.93.12 with SMTP id k12mr2447158wef.195.1259172503375; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:08:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200911251020.23039.vehemens@verizon.net> References: <200911251020.23039.vehemens@verizon.net> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:08:23 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: vehemens Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg ports roadmap? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:08:25 -0000 On 11/25/09, vehemens wrote: > On Monday 09 November 2009 16:18:30 b. f. wrote: >> What plans are there, if any, for an xorg update in Ports after 8.0 is >> released? What versions of the key xorg ports will be included in >> such an update? Are there any patches available, or a repository with >> public access, as in the past? Is rnoland@ the only person working on >> this? > > I don't belive that there any plans, which is why BSD will be stuck using an > dated x11 release. > > Let's be patient a while longer. 8.0 is just coming out, and in a short time there will be an opportunity to make changes more freely in Ports. Remember that Robert is the only committer who is working on this (and in his spare time), and that last time he and Florent were criticized for moving too quickly in updating Xorg. It's not easy to get Xorg to work well on the wide range of hardware that it needs to support, and Xorg has been undergoing some changes, some of which have been made by upstream developers who are preoccupied with Linux. FreeBSD would do well to try to attract more developers to work on Xorg support, and to look at what changes NetBSD and OpenBSD have made for their in-tree Xorg. b.