Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 12:20:42 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: xorg upgrade plans Message-ID: <463F7C0A.4020901@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070507184231.GA50639@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20070502193159.GB42482@xor.obsecurity.org> <463F7236.4080108@FreeBSD.org> <20070507184231.GA50639@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:38:46AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> After many months of hard work (mostly by flz@, as well as others) we
>>> are approaching readiness of the xorg 7.2 upgrade. Because this is a
>>> huge and disruptive change, we're going to approach it very carefully.
>> Good news that this is moving forward! Congrats to all involved.
>>
>>> The current plan is the following:
>>>
>>> 2) Final prep work in git repository. We need a day or two to confirm
>>> the upgrade method for users. Unfortunately testing has exposed a
>>> critical deficiency in portupgrade so 'portupgrade -a' will not be
>>> enough to give a working upgrade, and some pre-upgrade steps will be
>>> required.
>> Has portmaster been evaluated as an upgrade tool? I'm in a better
>> position atm to be able to address any deficiencies if that will help
>> speed this along.
>
> No, at a minimum I am not comfortable recommending its use until it
> saves old shared libraries across updates (I sent you email about this
> a while ago), which is a vital safety and robustness mechanism.
Ok, no worries then. I have no plans to add that feature at this time,
partly because there has been no user demand for it, and mostly
because I don't like the idea. I recognize however that reasonable
minds may differ on that topic.
Doug
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