Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:13:19 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Xorg 7.7 ready for testing! Message-ID: <20120607171319.GD34758@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <20120607203753.2466c63a.miwi@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120607203753.2466c63a.miwi@FreeBSD.org>
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--6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le jeu 7 jui 12 =E0 14:37:53 +0200, Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> =E9crivait=A0: > Hi Fans, Hello Martin, [Lists striiped to x11@ at your request, but please keep me Cc:] > With the new mesa 8.0 release, accelerated support for a number of > older graphic cards was dropped. At the moment we are not sure how to > deal with that.We are thinking of just replacing mesa 7.11 with 8.0 or > making a new flag like WITH_MESA=3D 7.11.2 / 8.0 in combination with > WITH_NEW_XORG, and let the mesa 7.6.1 set as default together with the > old xorg version. Obviosly the latter option make the already complex > situation more complex. The problem is, users, especially the new ones > can easily get confused with it. Another issue is, the packages.We > can't deliver a package set with the new Xorg releases. This means > users with new hardware will have to compile everything by themselves. Why don't you introduce a slave port? Let's say we could have the default xorg metaport for bleeding-edge machines, and xorg-legacy for the older ones; then both sets of packages would be built. Of course, the dependency chain should be relax enough so that it could be satisfied by any of them, and ALT_PKGDEP should be set by portupgrade's user. Regards, --=20 Th. Thomas. --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/Q4S8ACgkQc95pjMcUBaIUOwCfXVS3rIv1PDvqS8st3+s+oZH0 rtsAoJZgsDT1yj4ekr0oLQJbu8s/jCr0 =LbHy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi--
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