From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 19:49:01 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 9F5B616A400 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 19:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF2D13C45B for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 19:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33DEEBC82; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:49:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:48:53 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Thomas Dickey Message-Id: <20070608154853.9b8e3fc9.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20070608193955.GA1860@saltmine.radix.net> References: <294439d20706081139l241ec4b6p83347ccb9d5847bc@mail.gmail.com> <20070608151456.6CC6.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> <20070608153438.e2b17bc9.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070608193955.GA1860@saltmine.radix.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 19:49:01 -0000 In response to Thomas Dickey : > 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. > > > > 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 > 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. Nay! Your dark thoughts and negative vibes will not deter my boundless optimism! I have faith that the xorg developers will prevail in their effort to create stable, consistent interfaces between modules! It's not an assumption, its OPTIMISM! -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com