Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:18:00 -0500 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall dist.c dist.h Message-ID: <1197998280.14080.12.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <86d4t4nxw8.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <200712172322.lBHNMwVL047379@repoman.freebsd.org> <86d4t4nxw8.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:40 +0100, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> Ken Smith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Log:
> > A few more adjustments needed because of changes in xorg. Just insta=
lling
> > xorg-server doesn't include any video drivers so install xorg-drivers=
as
> > well. And if font-alias isn't installed the X server won't start,
> > complaining it can't find the font "fixed".
>=20
> Wouldn't it be better to add font-alias, font-misc-misc and
> font-cursor-misc as run-time dependencies in the xorg-server port rather
> than hardcode the dependency in sysinstall?
>=20
> DES
I'm fairly sure the answer to that question is "Yes. But with all the
packages built already it's best to take this approach for 7.0/6.3."
One of the bigger catch-22s of all this stuff... Until the release
package sets show up the packages are *usually* too much of a moving
target to do any sensible testing with. Once the release package sets
do show up fixing major issues is necessary but minor tweaks can
sometimes be too much of a pain.
If the ports folks would prefer to fix it per above I'll back that part
of the patch out but I'll leave it up to them. I think leaving the
xorg-drivers set up the way it is with this patch (and I assume since
you didn't argue that point you agree, I hope I'm not putting words in
your mouth) is probably best. The X stuff being part of the software
distributions is old and I'd like to remove it for 8.X but the general
idea was to make getting an X based workstation running as easy as
possible for a novice. So it's probably best to not expect them to know
what specific driver they need but for people who are more advanced IMHO
xorg-drivers can stay separate from xorg-server so people can choose
just the one they need if they want.
--=20
Ken Smith
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