From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 12:30:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE738106564A for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920B48FC17 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0UCULMr085106 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0UCULbw085102; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:21 GMT Message-Id: <201201301230.q0UCULbw085102@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Michael Scheidell Cc: Subject: Re: ports/164012: [patch] x11/dmenu version upgrade 4.5 and Xft support X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Michael Scheidell List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:21 -0000 The following reply was made to PR ports/164012; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael Scheidell To: , Cc: Subject: Re: ports/164012: [patch] x11/dmenu version upgrade 4.5 and Xft support Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:29:14 -0500 --------------000003010208040907090009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Question to submitter, and maintainer: Anti-aliasing support was added as a option knob, with default On. For upward compatibility, and so there are no additional features/ports/packages/files for someone updating, should this be default off? Or, is does it add significantly more functionality that 75% or more of the current users will want? If submitter can explain the benefits (for the ports audit logs), and maintainer agrees, then we would leave default on. Mostly, this is a question of upwards compatibility vs significant additional functionality. -- Michael Scheidell, CTO >*| * SECNAP Network Security Corporation d: +1.561.948.2259 w: http://people.freebsd.org/~scheidell --------------000003010208040907090009 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Question to submitter, and maintainer:
Anti-aliasing support was added as a option knob, with default On. For upward compatibility, and so there are no additional features/ports/packages/files for someone updating, should this be default off?

Or, is does it add significantly more functionality that 75% or more of the current users will want?

If submitter can explain the benefits (for the ports audit logs), and maintainer agrees, then we would leave default on.
Mostly, this is a question of upwards compatibility vs significant additional functionality.

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Michael Scheidell, CTO
> | SECNAP Network Security Corporation
d: +1.561.948.2259
w: http://people.freebsd.org/~scheidell

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