From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 12:50:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AE5816A417; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:50:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFBBA13C442; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:50:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A56267.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.98.103]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 805B82E1BC; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22E65B4D80; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l7NCo0wG038465; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +0200 Message-ID: <20070823145000.tr2wulubs484ck0w@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Thomas Zander References: <786602c60708222346s9d45d45o6ff7b362d67fe938@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <786602c60708222346s9d45d45o6ff7b362d67fe938@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-12.9, required 8, BAYES_00 -15.00, BR_SPAMMER_URI 2.00, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: ports@freebsd.org, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving to a more recent linux base, when? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:50:24 -0000 Quoting Thomas Zander (from Thu, 23 =20 Aug 2007 14:46:39 +0800): > Hi, > > recently I had a look at the upcoming version of the PCB layout tool > eagle, in beta test at the moment. I am currently maintaining both the > international (cad/linux-eagle) and german ports of this tool. > This new beta version however refuses to run as it depends on > glibc-2.4 while our linux_base-fc4 ships glibc 2.3.6. > Do we have a roadmap or an estimated timeframe as to when a more > recent linux_base and their extra packages (linux-xorg and such) > becomes standard for the ports tree? If you find a glibc-2.4 for FC4 we can import it somehow. If you =20 don't, we need to wait for the possibility to go to FC^ or newer. But =20 as from FC5 on, we need 2.6.x emulation for the linuxulator. This will =20 only be available in 7.x with x >=3D 1 (there's some support now, but it =20 is not finished), and only if activated by the user. So by default we =20 can not install FC6+ on 7.x (I doubt we will change the linuxulator =20 default to 2.6.x in the 7.x-timeframe). As we don't have good enough support for 2.6.x in 7-current, I didn't =20 even thought about how to tackle the ports collection part. Remember, =20 we have to support even 6.x for a while. Introducing the FC6+ ports is =20 easy, but how to do it in a good way which works on all supported =20 releases... Bye, Alexander. --=20 I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known. =09=09-- Walt Disney http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137