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Date:      Sun, 1 Jan 2017 14:05:06 -0600
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        Beeblebrox <zaphod@berentweb.com>
Cc:        Fernando Herrero =?iso-8859-1?Q?Carr=F3n?= <elferdo@gmail.com>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: End of year Xorg status rant
Message-ID:  <20170101200506.GA6551@lonesome.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170101183653.2c85698a@rsbsd.rsb>
References:  <20161230163653.54909631@rsbsd.rsb> <15952279f17.e0be0d8c34357.732964216134709731@nextbsd.org> <20161231120453.13adf858@thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <20161231145143.18e6ac99@rsbsd.rsb> <CAMwkeZz%2BJA2Lzjs9=MYVvYrU61XbLnfdYbwqAwXL3oBPWdw9kQ@mail.gmail.com> <20170101183653.2c85698a@rsbsd.rsb>

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On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 06:36:53PM +0300, Beeblebrox via freebsd-x11 wrote:
> If it's because they have integrated Matt's work, why has FreeBSD not
> opted to do so?

You missed the part about:

> Now that the diff with upstream has been reduced from 12,000-15,000+
> lines below 300-400 lines the "activation energy" to update has been
> reduced by a factor of 5-10x.

This is a recent development (past few weeks IIUC).

I don't know of many people who would be willing to tackle a 15kline
diff.  There are many who could tackle 400 lines.

(I guess Macy really _has_ been doing a lot of work ...)

mcl



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