From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 17 20:48:52 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 2F3AD106568B; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2388FC21; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p33so129472gvf.39 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:48:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jYIrwbgCxPmMQYVrW2ROpCDwRgbyxe1WvasN8FhejIo=; b=gjlUcp2oNGiIP7gerTRjtdwAOUEE48ULte8aqiZ3WE5BRsnuZVbSXLZWqhDTjHo3k1 laMjoZVp4hBbD9Y8nb59TTzlGccUsIo2/oS7C7drHCzziUFVqmIoVDXPz0X4xAxc7ADj LrizD8vm40XyfF9hq3Bp3E23PbvDkDIubjT+M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RUZKY/B3zY5BwE3Ioe6eRXlvRHYeNsaZ2m7jQASqlVF5/Nn1vnuzFFUoXZo1y5NPGy YQ03h+ICCrlGjXj3jFuJUaQ5zEuFRFv4tiezIsRZCUTph9rVJ54Wb+5KIM5BoVfal2jJ qNUqKQMjGARj0EQsg4TSf5qCLH02fyCCWVG5E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.168.153 with SMTP id k25mr1037438hbe.68.1258489355704; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1258477653.2303.48.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <200911170210.nAH2A3B2089193@freefall.freebsd.org> <1258477653.2303.48.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:22:35 -0200 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: Robert Noland Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/137373: x11/libX11: make dependance on x11/libxcb 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: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:52 -0000 On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Robert Noland wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 02:10 +0000, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: >> The following reply was made to PR ports/137373; it has been noted by GN= ATS. >> >> From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" >> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: ports/137373: x11/libX11: make dependance on x11/libxcb >> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:07:47 -0200 >> >> =A0This PR has been collecting dust for three moths. Is there any chance >> =A0that the proposed patch gets committed? > > There is a pretty fair risk of breaking several other ports with this. > Other ports that also expect xcb to be present would need to be modified > to either have xcb disabled or fail if libX11 does not have the needed > functionality. That's exactly why I made it optional, default on, keeping the default beha= vior. --=20 My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is "You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs". Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken.