xorg-server 1.7.7

[Kris Moore]

On Sun 14/11/10  3:44 PM , Anonymous <swell.k at 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. 
 
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Kris Moore
PC-BSD / iXsystems

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