From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 05:01:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A0A616A41A; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:01:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28B1D13C4B3; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:01:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id ACE7F8C0AE; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 23:41:32 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 23:41:32 -0500 To: "Scott T. Hildreth" Message-ID: <20071104044132.GA10723@soaustin.net> References: <4727BE96.9020804@FreeBSD.org> <20071102173425.GB5282@graf.pompo.net> <472BB699.6070507@FreeBSD.org> <20071103005145.GA50846@FreeBSD.org> <472BDF06.5050700@FreeBSD.org> <1194122492.92719.56.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1194122492.92719.56.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev , x11@FreeBSD.org, cokane@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xorg7.3 [was: 7.0 preview slides] 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: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:01:03 -0000 On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 03:41:32PM -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > I understand Xorg is changing their code to be modular, but was it > necessary to update the ports to 7.3 so quickly? It may be my > perception, but it seemed like 7.2 was put in the ports tree and > shortly after that 7.3 was committed and then many problems started. The situation was that our import of 7.2 was delayed as we tested and retested and retested, to get the framework working for the modular code and ensure as few regressions as possible. Because of this, 7.3 was almost ready for release by the time we were done. It seems as though 7.3 is better for some people and worse for others. With such a large codebase, this is probably inevitable. In any case, as soon as 7.3 was out, I'm sure xorg lost interest in bug reports about 7.2, and people were already asking us when the next version was going to be in. mcl