From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Fri Jan 20 14:08:08 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BB9CB8BDA for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F33315E0 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 7BC6BCB8BD8; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79B4ECB8BD7 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 625AA15DF for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v0KE880R091115 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 216313] x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev: remove useless driver (Linux framebuffer) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Type: request X-Bugzilla-Product: Ports & Packages X-Bugzilla-Component: Individual Port(s) X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: x11@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: maintainer-feedback? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 -0000 matthew@reztek.cz has reassigned Bugzilla Automation = 's request for maintainer-feedback to x11@FreeBSD.org: Bug 216313: x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev: remove useless driver (Linux framebuffer) https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D216313 --- Description --- Created attachment 179136 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D179136&action= =3Dedit remove x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev The fbdev driver is only for Linux framebuffer. We have scfb for console/framebuffer output. This driver could never be used so it should no= t be in ports. It should be removed same as xf86-video-tga (Alpha TGA gfx) and xf86-video-newport (SGI Indy Newport gfx) were previously purged.