From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 23:00:02 2009 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 22BB210656DE for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 23:00:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE00B8FC23 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 23:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-154-182-184.bna.bellsouth.net [68.154.182.184]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n47MxpBI086051 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 May 2009 18:59:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Dmitry Marakasov In-Reply-To: <20090507225307.GG3811@hades.panopticon> References: <20090507220706.GF3811@hades.panopticon> <1241735526.1788.12.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090507225307.GG3811@hades.panopticon> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 17:59:34 -0500 Message-Id: <1241737174.1788.19.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List Subject: Re: xcb-util 0.3.4 breaks awesome 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, 07 May 2009 23:00:02 -0000 --=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 02:53 +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > * Robert Noland (rnoland@FreeBSD.org) wrote: >=20 > > > That's quite complicated problem actually - xcb-util update has > > > broken awesome; we could update awesome to 3.3-rc1, but it requires > > > startup-notification 0.10 (which likely requires new xcb-util as > > > well). > > >=20 > > > Thus we'll likely have to wait for s-n 0.10 and consider awesome > > > broken for now. Meanwhile, awesome users are recommended to not > > > upgrade from/downgrade to xcb-util 0.3.3. > > >=20 > > > This is really our fault as there should've been more testing and > > > coordination with this update. > >=20 > > Holding back X or it's sub-components is really not an option. The > > applications have to keep up. xcb-util doesn't fall under my umbrella, > > exactly, but I do update it in Xorg sweeps on occasion. Unless the > > damage is widespread progress must continue. Awesome needs to be > > patched, updated or marked BROKEN temporarily. >=20 > Sure, I've just did exactly that - marked awesome BROKEN in presence of > newer xcb-util. The note above was for awesome users who, regardless of > ports progression and updates, will need a way to use them :) Agreed, providing a solution whatever it may be is always a good thing for users. robert. --=20 Robert Noland FreeBSD --=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkoDZ9YACgkQM4TrQ4qfROMMNACfbvoxnUCt1i2MPBg6qrP7NbQV vC4AoIn24TLyS6uCdw30IXBD/0XSVRY1 =5Dcn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mKV67RSEjqPKVm/adKKV--