From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 11 13:54:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 22CF416A407 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtai107.cox.net (eastrmmtai107.cox.net [68.230.240.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A588713C447 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20070511123442.LNVV18119.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net>; Fri, 11 May 2007 08:34:42 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([72.200.36.10]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id xoa51W00L0D7syo0000000; Fri, 11 May 2007 08:34:42 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4BCXSB7099590; Fri, 11 May 2007 07:33:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Message-Id: <200705111233.l4BCXSB7099590@serene.no-ip.org> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:33:23 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20070510212817.GA67897@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20070510212817.GA67897@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: xorg 7.2 ready for testing 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: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:54:37 -0000 On Thu, 10 May 2007 17:28:17 -0400 Kris Kennaway wrote: > Dear porters, > > We are now ready for xorg 7.2 testing! Over the past week we have > done extensive tests of various upgrade scenarios, fixed many > remaining bugs, and now the upgrade is looking good. Of course, we > can't possibly test everything, so that's where you come in. What we > need now is for everyone to download this tarball: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/ports-xorg-7.2.tbz > > Extract it into a clean directory (i.e. not over the top of your > existing ports tree), then follow the directions in UPDATING to begin > the upgrade process. In particular, please pay special attention to > the instructions on how to record and report information should > something go wrong: without a transcript of the upgrade session we may > be unable to determine what went wrong on your system, and your report > may be wasted. > > We're asking all FreeBSD ports committers and other interested > developers to participate in this process: it's now up to you guys to > test the upgrade and report problems you encounter, before we unleash > it on the general user base. > > Once we have enough success reports and have dealt with all reported > failures, we will proceed with the next stage, which is to import into > CVS. > > Kris Just one minor nit to pick re: the UPDATING message: Since portupgrade now supports the --batch switch, setting the BATCH environment variable is no longer necessary. I expect that many people who haven't looked at the portupgrade man page in a while may be missing out on this (relatively) new feature. -- Conrad J. Sabatier