From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 15 14:16:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08D0106566C; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:16:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F5A28FC08; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:16:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so3943862fxm.13 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:16:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ytAtg1SsVTWzfVyb8JM0o3jCf3s+xPuEqt5/HYKLQXc=; b=ok94KXd3bxjyLAkDXhIll0fxr5+OYh+SOtQrh9UFChl6JXxoZIpHrnH4XWZ09X4NAE iApmVXIm8vhV/Tr4FT8fTyfEpw3gggQQCPtorTrYXTHbX64MbKzqvMZi0awKqVTU0rY+ If+ZKUB8aGJKb6MTVg/YJqiHTmf3icPgWV1jU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CIkDzx5ICiJjkhlUSFVylrAt0ij6CE31PRKXalQ1Jm1hUPyBf2PUJqDkUf3jZFGov+ XEnfqzvTt30ywm807EP94V8DzWhuZx2Bvfofxf2nexuAWdH3KWztVfrD6+bic+cj9CrR 3LaeHVupXW5TFCnsQrNu8e5ZFiUPNHOoRGKj4= Received: by 10.223.79.71 with SMTP id o7mr4632940fak.116.1289830577966; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:16:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E2E74.dip.t-dialin.net [87.142.46.116]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l24sm862910fam.31.2010.11.15.06.16.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:16:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:16:14 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20101115151614.4a5522c5@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Alexey Shuvaev , Mark Linimon , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg-server 1.7.7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:16:19 -0000 On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:24:44 -0700 (MST) 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. > 1.9.2 requires an update of MESA to a much more recent version than we currently have in ports. I tried the "modify Makefile and install" route yesterday and it failed because of that. > 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. > I installed 1.7.7 the end of September, without modifying/reinstalling any other ports, and it just worked. -- Gary Jennejohn