Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:40:58 -0500 From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-4 Makefile Makefile.man distinfo pkg-plist pkg-plist.alpha pkg-plist.pc98 ports/x11/XFree86-4/files patch-c patch-f patch-i810 patch-j patch-k patch-mouse patch-r128 patch-r128dri patch-r128xmesa patch-startx patch-tga patch-xdm ... Message-ID: <200201221540.g0MFewj05263@green.bikeshed.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> of "Tue, 22 Jan 2002 07:25:04 PST." <20020122152504.GO27267@freebsdmall.com>
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Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:41:51AM -0500, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > > Yay, we love bogus multiple sets of 2 versions of a port differing only in > > version string! We especially love such fun regressions as yet another > > FreeBSD release which ships with an XFree86 server that crashes rendering > > fonts, and which resets itself if you switch consoles with an i810 card! > > Woohoo! > > Yet another version of FreeBSD that is shipped with stable, working, > and useful third party packages. The only alternative to this backout > is to delay the release and prolong the code-freeze until at least > mid-February while all of the dependent ports are updated, and all of > the bugs in this massive piece of software are exposed. Install a version of XFree86-4-libraries built against 4.1.0, and then the whole of 4.2.0. Any older libraries depended upon will still exist, and any new libraries with the same version numbers will, of course, be backward-compatible. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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