Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:55:02 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Ports freeze for 4.11-R Message-ID: <200412180955.03826.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com> References: <20041218055311.GA52088@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com>
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--nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 18. December 2004 07:30, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > [ Redirected to -x11. ] > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:53:11PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > The ports freeze for 4.11-RELEASE will start on 12/30 at 12:01 AM UTC. > > It's our intention to have a short freeze of a week or less this time > > because the ports collection is in relatively good shape on 4.x at the > > moment, so please don't do anything to change that. > > > > In particular, in the lead-up to the freeze, please make sure you test > > major updates carefully on 4.x prior to committing, and if you don't > > have the opportunity to do so, then either ask someone else to test, > > or hold off until after the freeze. > > I know most of us are quite busy this time of year, but out of > curiosity, is there any chance at all of Xorg 6.8 making it into the > tree before this release? The default X Window System for 4.x is XFree86 anyway - and given how near = 4.x=20 is to its EOL, that won't change anymore. Xorg on 4.x actually isn't much of a safe bet - packages are not built for = it=20 (or against it) and any combination FreeBSD4 + Xorg + <some-port> receives= =20 few to zero testing. I've already seen one report of KDE "not working right= "=20 on 4.x with the Xorg 6.8.1 patches that have been floating around - and sin= ce=20 nobody from the current KDE team has time to maintain a 4.x + Xorg system,= =20 this combination will most likely become unsupported. So, cut short, you should think twice before deploying 4.x systems with Xor= g,=20 it will greatly increase your support overhead one way or the other - if fo= r=20 the only reason that you will need to build your own packages for them. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBw/BnXhc68WspdLARAin1AKCMlxy50GljgGG0DNKYD4z+4R2rUACghSEu LtPgbdSV0iBe0XvFau3PJjI= =/KLt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1192816.XLVa0Xlt49--
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