Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:39:55 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Increase in the number of ports: upgrade xorg to 7.2... Message-ID: <20070608193955.GA1860@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <20070608153438.e2b17bc9.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <294439d20706081139l241ec4b6p83347ccb9d5847bc@mail.gmail.com> <d7195cff0706081157q35a3d745l5ad5d30f952fe694@mail.gmail.com> <20070608151456.6CC6.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> <20070608153438.e2b17bc9.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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--azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:34:38PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > I am not totally convinced. If one small package is updated that is > > depended on by 10 other package that in turn are depended on by a like > > number of other packages, what has been really gained by breaking > > everything into small bits? They may be easier to maintain; however > > the impact on updating the system seems like it would be minimal. >=20 > No. As long as the communication interface between modules (whether > it be an API or something else) doesn't change, it's perfectly possible > to update a single module without updating anything else. "as long as" is an assumption which I haven't seen any evidence that=20 xorg developers are willing to warrant. fwiw, they changed interface in the Xaw library a couple of years ago, which required some a change to xterm. Absent any evidence that they're going to maintain stable interfaces, this is just an assumption. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFGabCFtIqByHxlDocRAhZeAKChTcXIVTCAVcKMfDxvyaesG4ivUwCgnVnM PwaheIhn9sULxD6pQx0Ib4o= =Fv/r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--
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