From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 19:39:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ECAC16A400 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 19:39:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01CA213C455 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 19:39:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id l58Jdtlj002349; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:39:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id l58JdtAQ002348; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:39:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:39:55 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20070608193955.GA1860@saltmine.radix.net> References: <294439d20706081139l241ec4b6p83347ccb9d5847bc@mail.gmail.com> <20070608151456.6CC6.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> <20070608153438.e2b17bc9.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="azLHFNyN32YCQGCU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070608153438.e2b17bc9.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: Re[2]: Increase in the number of ports: upgrade xorg to 7.2... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:39:57 -0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:34:38PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > I am not totally convinced. If one small package is updated that is > > depended on by 10 other package that in turn are depended on by a like > > number of other packages, what has been really gained by breaking > > everything into small bits? They may be easier to maintain; however > > the impact on updating the system seems like it would be minimal. >=20 > No. As long as the communication interface between modules (whether > it be an API or something else) doesn't change, it's perfectly possible > to update a single module without updating anything else. "as long as" is an assumption which I haven't seen any evidence that=20 xorg developers are willing to warrant. fwiw, they changed interface in the Xaw library a couple of years ago, which required some a change to xterm. Absent any evidence that they're going to maintain stable interfaces, this is just an assumption. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFGabCFtIqByHxlDocRAhZeAKChTcXIVTCAVcKMfDxvyaesG4ivUwCgnVnM PwaheIhn9sULxD6pQx0Ib4o= =Fv/r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--