From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 05:57:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 640E516A400 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 05:57:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43D8D13C448 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 05:57:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l485vYjP001088 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 7 May 2007 22:57:34 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-187-164-17.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.164.17]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l485vXT5011469 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 7 May 2007 22:57:34 -0700 Message-ID: <4640114D.1030705@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 22:57:33 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Gruber References: <531919.80282.qm@web32404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <531919.80282.qm@web32404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.7.224434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: xorg upgrade plans 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: Tue, 08 May 2007 05:57:35 -0000 Brian Gruber wrote: >> Ok, no worries then. I have no plans to add that > feature at this time, >> partly because there has been no user demand for it, > and mostly >> because I don't like the idea. I recognize however > that reasonable >> minds may differ on that topic. > > if you don't like the idea, that's fine, but since you > say there's been no user demand, i just thought i > should note that I tried portmaster a few months ago. > while there were things i like, i ultimately switched > back to portupgrade specifically because it lacked old > library preservation. > > /brian Just a thought, but have people considered pushing nVidia and (gasp), maybe ATI for driver support in 7.2? I would think that AMD would at least consider FreeBSD if we moved to 7.2 because it seems like they want to get on the bandwagon with more recent versions of Linux nowadays with their OpenGL driver support. Cheers, -Garrett