From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 22:14:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC91816A420 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:14:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao06.cox.net (eastrmmtao06.cox.net [68.230.240.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B7C43D49 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:14:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([68.14.59.177]) by eastrmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060205221446.MYJX9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@serene.no-ip.org>; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:14:46 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k15MEhNm072361; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 16:14:43 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@serene.no-ip.org) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by serene.no-ip.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k15MEcTc072360; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 16:14:38 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20060205214844.GA5065@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:14:38 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier To: Erik Trulsson Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not Xorg 7.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:14:40 -0000 On 05-Feb-2006 Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:00:46PM -0600, Conrad Sabatier wrote: >> Correct me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't Xorg 7.0 already available at the >> time when we upgraded to 6.9? > > Since 6.9 and 7.0 were released at the same time, the answer is obviously > yes. > >> If so, why didn't we just go all the way to 7.0? > > Because it was easier to upgrade to 6.9 ? > > Xorg 6.9 and 7.0 use the same source code, and should provide exactly the > same functionality. What differs is the building procedures, and the > tools used to build it. > 6.9 uses the same procedures as previous Xorg/XFree86 releases, while 7.0 > uses a new, modular, approach. > Moving to 7.0 would have required more work (and with a greater chance of > running into new bugs) and would probably have delayed the upgrade even > more to allow for the extra testing needed. Ah, yes, that sounds quite reasonable. I recently grabbed the CVS sources and took a look, so I know what you're referring to. Thanks. -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"