From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 20:23:11 2010 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 C3522106571E; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:23:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@pcbsd.org) Received: from que21.charter.net (que21.charter.net [209.225.8.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7538FC18; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imp10 ([10.20.200.15]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20101114200645.WZRQ3705.mta21.charter.net@imp10>; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:06:45 -0500 Received: from moorefam.homeunix.org ([96.38.85.215]) by imp10 with smtp.charter.net id X86j1f0094elNjk0586jdi; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:06:45 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=RQhMjnVR2wSmuIdpvIoA:9 a=eJePECmKE0GHNbHeRics4mDHAB4A:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Received: by moorefam.homeunix.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:06:43 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:06:43 -0500 From: Kris Moore To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20101114200643.GA11920@pcbsd.org> References: <4CD7C15D.2010203@icyb.net.ua> <20101108150306.GB17517@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <4CD8132D.9090902@icyb.net.ua> <20101113192506.GC29660@lonesome.com> <4CDEE881.201@icyb.net.ua> <4CE01110.6030102@icyb.net.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon , josh@ixsystems.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Alexey Shuvaev , Mark Linimon Subject: Re: xorg-server 1.7.7 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, 14 Nov 2010 20:23:11 -0000 On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:24:44PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > > on 14/11/2010 18:18 Warren Block said the following: > >> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> > >>> I agree, but I am not sure how in the ports land we do an application testing in > >>> general. That is, I am sure there will be a lot of testers if the port update > >>> is actually committed :-) but I am not sure how to test it in advance (given all > >>> the possible hardware and software configurations). > >> > >> Why not just create a new xorg-server177 or xorg-server-devel port as has been > >> done with other ports? > > > > Would it be really worth it? > > 1.7.7 is just couple of minor releases ahead of what we have now and the latest > > _release_ is 1.9.2. > > So, xorg-server-devel for 1.9.2 - that would make sense for my taste. > > xorg-server-devel for 1.7.7 - just an overcautiousness and, IMO, a waste of > > resources. > > It would depend on how compatible the newer server is with the existing > xorg ports. But sure, go with the newest one that still works. > > If these ports are too shaky for normal users, they wouldn't even have > to go in the tree. Put them on a web page somewhere. But this would > ast least allow a wider range of testing. Does the xorg porting team have a repo somewhere for port work, ala area51 for KDE4? If not, would setting one up be of interest to people here? That probably be a service we could easily provide, since we are particularly attached to having a working Xorg ;) -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software