Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:02:42 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@ixsystems.com> To: "kris@pcbsd.org" <kris@pcbsd.org> Cc: "<freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>, Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, "<freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Subject: Re: xorg-server 1.7.7 Message-ID: <7E4D84EF-E44E-4B4E-90E6-1CCB7D144DB9@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <49815.1289768410@pcbsd.org> References: <49815.1289768410@pcbsd.org>
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Area51 is quite cloneable it terms of infrastructure and what not. We could v= ery easily provide an SVN repo for experimental xoeg work.=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel On Nov 14, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Sun 14/11/10 3:44 PM , Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 >> Kris Moore writes: >>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:24:44PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: >>>> On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> on 14/11/2010 18:18 Warren Block said the following: >>>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> I agree, but I am not sure how in the ports land we do an >> application testing in >>>>>>> general. That is, I am sure there will be a lot of testers if >> the port update >>>>>>> is actually committed :-) but I am not sure how to test it in >> advance (given all >>>>>>> the possible hardware and software configurations). >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Why not just create a new xorg-server177 or xorg-server-devel >> port as has been >>>>>> done with other ports? >>>>>=20 >>>>> Would it be really worth it? >>>>> 1.7.7 is just couple of minor releases ahead of what we have now >> and the latest >>>>> _release_ is 1.9.2. >>>>> So, xorg-server-devel for 1.9.2 - that would make sense for my >> taste. >>>>> xorg-server-devel for 1.7.7 - just an overcautiousness and, IMO, >> a waste of >>>>> resources. >>>>=20 >>>> It would depend on how compatible the newer server is with the >> existing=20 >>>> xorg ports. But sure, go with the newest one that still works. >>>>=20 >>>> If these ports are too shaky for normal users, they wouldn't even >> have=20 >>>> to go in the tree. Put them on a web page somewhere. But this >> would=20 >>>> ast least allow a wider range of testing. >>>=20 >>> Does the xorg porting team have a repo somewhere for port work, ala >> area51 >>> for KDE4? If not, would setting one up be of interest to people >> here? That=20 >>> probably be a service we could easily provide, since we are >> particularly >>> attached to having a working Xorg ;) >> It has one >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/ModularXorg/7.5 >> Not sure about previous major updates. With history scattered across >> several development repos[*] it can be quite hard to track. >> [*] no one uses branches in ports tree (shuns CVS?) >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > Are those SVN services still in use? Looking at the http links on that pag= e I assumed it was old and no longer usable.=20 >=20 > -- > Kris Moore > PC-BSD / iXsystems >=20 > Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/
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