[HEADS UP] WITH_NEW_XORG is now the default on FreeBSD 10 and 9 stable

[Niclas Zeising]

[Cross posted across several mailing lists, please respect reply-to.]

WITH_NEW_XORG is now the default on FreeBSD 10 and 9 stable where vt(9)
(aka newcons) is available and ports are used.
Released versions and FreeBSD 8 are unaffected by this.
Binary packages still provide the old xorg distribution.
It is possible to get the old version of xorg by specifying
WITHOUT_NEW_XORG= in /etc/make.conf
Please read UPDATING before updating, and consult
https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics for some more details and hardware
support.  It is also possible to send a mail to x11 at freebsd.org (public
mailing list) with questions, comments and so on.
Thank you to all who made this happen!

Commit message quoted below for reference:
> Author: zeising
> Date: Wed Apr 16 18:28:47 2014
> New Revision: 351411
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/351411
> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r351411/
> 
> Log:
>   The FreeBSD x11@ and graphics team proudly presents
>   a zeising, kwm production, with help from dumbbell, bdrewery:
>   
>   NEW XORG ON FREEBSD 9-STABLE AND 10-STABLE
>   
>   This update switches over to use the new xorg stack by default on FreeBSD 9
>   and 10 stable, on osversions where vt(9) is available.
>   It is still possible to use the old stack by specifying WITHOUT_NEW_XORG in
>   /etc/make.conf .
>   FreeBSD 8-STABLE and released versions of FreeBSD still use
>   the old version.
>   A package repository with binary packages for new xorg will
>   be available soon.
>   
>   This patch also contains updates of libxcb and related ports, pixman, as well
>   as some drivers and utilities.
>   
>   Bump portrevisions for xf86-* ports, as well as virtualbox-ose-additions due
>   to xserver version change.
>   
>   Apart from these updates, the way shared libraries are handled has been
>   changed for all xorg ports, as well as libxml2 and freetype, which means
>   ltverhack is gone and as a consequence shared libraries have been bumped.
>   The plan is that this change will make library bumps less likely in the
>   future.
>   All affected ports have had their portrevisions bumped as a consequence of
>   this.
>   
>   Fix some issues where WITH_NEW_XORG weren't detected properly on CURRENT.
>   
>   Update instructions, hardware support, and more notes can be found on
>   https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
>   
>   Thanks to:	all testers, bdrewery and the FreeBSD x11@ team
>   exp-run by:	bdrewery [1]
>   PR:		ports/187602 [1]
>   Approved by:	portmgr (bdrewery), core (jhb)

Best regards!
-- 
Niclas Zeising