xcb-util 0.3.4 breaks awesome

[Robert Noland]

On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 02:53 +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> * Robert Noland (rnoland at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> 
> > > That's quite complicated problem actually - xcb-util update has
> > > broken awesome; we could update awesome to 3.3-rc1, but it requires
> > > startup-notification 0.10 (which likely requires new xcb-util as
> > > well).
> > > 
> > > Thus we'll likely have to wait for s-n 0.10 and consider awesome
> > > broken for now. Meanwhile, awesome users are recommended to not
> > > upgrade from/downgrade to xcb-util 0.3.3.
> > > 
> > > This is really our fault as there should've been more testing and
> > > coordination with this update.
> > 
> > Holding back X or it's sub-components is really not an option.  The
> > applications have to keep up.  xcb-util doesn't fall under my umbrella,
> > exactly, but I do update it in Xorg sweeps on occasion.  Unless the
> > damage is widespread progress must continue.  Awesome needs to be
> > patched, updated or marked BROKEN temporarily.
> 
> Sure, I've just did exactly that - marked awesome BROKEN in presence of
> newer xcb-util. The note above was for awesome users who, regardless of
> ports progression and updates, will need a way to use them :)

Agreed, providing a solution whatever it may be is always a good thing
for users.

robert.

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Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD
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