On 14.11.2010 22:00, Kris Moore wrote: > On Sun 14/11/10 3:44 PM , Anonymous <swel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Kris Moore writes: >>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:24:44PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: >>>> On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote: >>>> >>>>> on 14/11/2010 18:18 Warren Block said the following: >>>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Andriy Gapon wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I agree, but I am not sure how in the ports land we do an >> application testing in >>>>>>> general. That is, I am sure there will be a lot of testers if >> the port update >>>>>>> is actually committed :-) but I am not sure how to test it in >> advance (given all >>>>>>> the possible hardware and software configurations). >>>>>> >>>>>> Why not just create a new xorg-server177 or xorg-server-devel >> port as has been >>>>>> done with other ports? >>>>> >>>>> Would it be really worth it? >>>>> 1.7.7 is just couple of minor releases ahead of what we have now >> and the latest >>>>> _release_ is 1.9.2. >>>>> So, xorg-server-devel for 1.9.2 - that would make sense for my >> taste. >>>>> xorg-server-devel for 1.7.7 - just an overcautiousness and, IMO, >> a waste of >>>>> resources. >>>> >>>> It would depend on how compatible the newer server is with the >> existing >>>> xorg ports. But sure, go with the newest one that still works. >>>> >>>> If these ports are too shaky for normal users, they wouldn't even >> have >>>> to go in the tree. Put them on a web page somewhere. But this >> would >>>> ast least allow a wider range of testing. >>> >>> Does the xorg porting team have a repo somewhere for port work, ala >> area51 >>> for KDE4? If not, would setting one up be of interest to people >> here? That >>> probably be a service we could easily provide, since we are >> particularly >>> attached to having a working Xorg ;) >> It has one >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/ModularXorg/7.5 >> Not sure about previous major updates. With history scattered across >> several development repos[*] it can be quite hard to track. >> [*] no one uses branches in ports tree (shuns CVS?) >> >> > > Are those SVN services still in use? Looking at the http links on that page I > assumed it was old and no longer usable.
The server and the repository is still available but nobody is using it at the moment. So I forgot to update the configuration for the xorg-dev repo with the last server update. This should be fixed now. Beat _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
