From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 19 03:37:32 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 154AE16A4CE for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:37:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from daphne.michaelchaney.com (mail.michaelchaney.com [207.65.84.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB53B43D45 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:37:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bandix@home.funnyvalentine.net) Received: from adsl-065-007-237-012.sip.bna.bellsouth.net (home.funnyvalentine.net) [65.7.237.12] by daphne.michaelchaney.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20 #1 (FreeBSD)) id 1Cfrrx-000ANK-T9; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:36:30 -0600 Received: from home.funnyvalentine.net (v8ajad6puf4w89xu@dallben [127.0.0.1]) iBJ3aD6Z007272; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:36:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix@home.funnyvalentine.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by home.funnyvalentine.net (8.13.1/8.12.10/Submit) id iBJ3aDW7007271; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:36:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:36:13 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20041219033613.GA93222@brandon.dvalentine.com> References: <20041218055311.GA52088@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com> <20041218063853.GA67834@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041218063853.GA67834@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-MailScanner-Information: Please see http://www.michaelchaney.com/mail/spam.php for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, required 3.5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: bandix@home.funnyvalentine.net cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org 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: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:37:32 -0000 On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 10:38:53PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:30:28AM -0600, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > No, the 6.8.1 update has been in testing for a few weeks now. There > were a number of problems that needed to be fixed before committing, > but it's almost ready now and should go in within the week. Thanks. Seemed like as good an opportunity as any to inquire about the timeline. It actually hadn't occured to me (as mentioned elsewhere) that it wouldn't affect this release cycle given that 4.x is still using XFree86. I do believe the bug about which I was complaining is present in post-4.3.0 versions of XFree86 and I do not know that the Xorg fix was ever brought in to XFree86. In light of this that particular bug may never be fixed in 4.x, and that's okay with me. I've only got a handful of systems yet to be migrated to 5.x anyhow. > > Does it help if I point out that NetBSD has already beat us to the punch > > with Xorg 6.8.1 by over a month? Come on, they've got a tiny little > > ports tree. ;-) > Precisely, so it's less work to commit a major update without breaking > anything. Indeed. I fully appreciate how complex the dependency tree for some of this stuff is. Just teasing a bit, no harm meant. =) Brandon -- Pseudo-Random Googlism: december is the best month for planting potato in the low desert