From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 26 15:48:18 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0045C224 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com (mail-ie0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92321FCC for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id 16so5038621iea.38 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:48:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=jl5yDn+Vp6aJHwGWl5DVOjZpuSZZM7NgORcb4vgbANs=; b=DlY4f1ROO82/WaujzcCewh1ZO6YUmyejosdvY7r6nfyjGRfpvz5do5SsR4rHbYcmzS t30872hEOcuBN0wfWEViL8XVX+94BhR9LcAvASiers0U8/3hLKZPr6svCKYxqXDNLoYS SI6e/JX0OLPFjiQf3bz4UPwgrYpxdSTFs+xZGbONm9YEx+JHkUGlr06wyNYrZu5+Rj1e L9qzfj9nFHoGWlzCE8kUkeCKIx86YUNZ4hwwtmjQcE30im57TNpkoDFNnu8WLDSI0gPp SIqII+03VVBhOIbwN2x82VUvqLka47Y9VbcHqQlmzdopOdTFCAN+wKDbtwTMjyay+H1I 5PaQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.13.175 with SMTP id i15mr2288657igc.75.1366991297556; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.58.52 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.58.52 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:48:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:48:17 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Status/version of graphics/png? From: Chris Rees To: Thomas Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Dirk Meyer , FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:48:18 -0000 On 26 Apr 2013 13:05, "Thomas Mueller" wrote: > > from Dirk Meyer: > > > Hallo Thomas Mueller, > > > > What is the status of graphics/png, now that FreeBSD 8.4_RC2 has been released and the ports tree has been unfrozen? > > > > > Will it get the long overdue update to 1.6.x; how much regression testing needs to be done? > > > 1.6.1 ist still fresh. > > The API has removed all backwards comatibility. > > >From the 5500 ports we have about 500 that can build with png 1.6.x. > > > The impact on the ports is still to much. > > We would have to patch > 1000 autoconf scripts. > > > For now the FreeBSD port stay with 1.5.x. > > It was discussed with mmembers from portmgs@ to wait with the update. > > > kind regards Dirk > > Any idea of when or if png will be updated, or what has to happen regarding FreeBSD releases? > > There is also png 1.5.15 . > > I didn't know the API change was so radical; wonder how NetBSD pkgsrc was able to update to 1.6.x so fast. > > It may be easier in Linux, since Linux is the primary platform of many open-source software developers, and much such software is Linux-centric, but I didn't think NetBSD would have an easier time than FreeBSD. But then I didn't try the update on NetBSD, so I don't know if it really works right. > > One could use NetBSD pkgsrc on FreeBSD, but it would be a shotgun marriage, rough and not really designed for FreeBSD. > > NetBSD is unstable on my computer, Intel Sandy Bridge, often does not even boot, hangs at the login prompt. What new features are you trying to take advantage of with png? Chris