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Date:      Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:57:04 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r339563 - in head: . share/man/man4 sys/conf sys/dev/joy sys/modules sys/modules/joy sys/sys tools/kerneldoc/subsys
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:36 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:42 AM Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>
>> > Author: imp
>> > Date: Mon Oct 22 02:34:00 2018
>> > New Revision: 339563
>> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/339563
>> >
>> > Log:
>> >   Remove joy(4) driver.
>> >
>> >   This driver was marked as gone in 12. We're at 13 now. Remove it.
>> >   Data from nycbug's dmesg cache shows only one potential user,
>> >   suggesting it never was used much.
>> >
>> >   RelNotes: yes
>> >   Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17629
>>
>> Breaking userland API but not bothering with an exp-run or bumping
>> __FreeBSD_version.
>> Is the following the pointy hat you were looking for?
>>
>>
>> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/graphics-freeglut-fails-to-build-sys-joystick-h-not-found.68002/
>
>
> Your tone is not acceptable. Please try again, only this time with the
> required level of professionalism. I'm not an idiot, and you will treat me
> with respect.
>
> This driver was flagged for removal in 12 ages ago and the port failed to
> update to take that deprecation into account. So this tone is out of line.
> You can use the bump to 1300000 as the version to fix it. I didn't bump the
> revision because it wasn't needed.
>

I posted a patch to the port that makes it compile for me to that thread.
If there's confirmation that it works, i'll work with x11@freebsd.org to
get it pushed in. Or just push it in myself since I'm on that list and I'm
a ports committer.

Warner



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