From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 9 05:38:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A0EC16A4CE for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2003 05:38:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from prophecy.dyndns.org (pcp01852246pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net [68.32.39.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B57743FE0 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2003 05:38:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from apeiron@prophecy.dyndns.org) Received: from prophecy.dyndns.org (apeiron@prophecy.velum [127.0.0.1]) by prophecy.dyndns.org (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA9DcNfv040378 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2003 08:38:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from apeiron@prophecy.dyndns.org) Received: (from apeiron@localhost) by prophecy.dyndns.org (8.12.9p1/8.12.9/Submit) id hA9DcMSb040377 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sun, 9 Nov 2003 08:38:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 08:38:22 -0500 From: Christopher Nehren To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031109133822.GA40236@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <20031109110614.B21FE16A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031109110614.B21FE16A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: HEADSUP: XFree86 changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 13:38:21 -0000 --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > As part of this, I'll be converting the X Servers to use the (new, in > some cases) shared libraries rather than each linking against static > libraries built during the build of that server. What about third-party drivers (like nVidia)? Will they run with these new libraries? What about performance? And how would people deal with building X software outside of the ports tree? Is there a test suite available? I don't want to make this a bike shed (though I'm afraid that it will probably become one, unfortunately). What I know is that a functional X is very important to a large number of users. I use FreeBSD as my desktop system, and would hate to have to install Linux because of a lack of a functional X. I've done it before, and it's not a pretty experience.=20 Thanks in advance for your response. And I apologize if this seems like an attack. Best regards, Christopher Nehren --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/rkNOk/lo7zvzJioRAqlMAJ98gqj5R8EHLtsDznXkl9Ob6Z4qjACghtpX qG/LjSp5ra1YqF/5CslVr+U= =UPzm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--