HEADSUP: 10.0 switch to WITH_NEW_XORG

[Craig Rodrigues]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org>
wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:13:53PM -0700, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The WITH_NEW_XORG setting has been activated by default on FreeBSD 10.0
> > > and above, which allows us to have packages for xorg 1.12 and kde4.
> > >
> > > Please be aware that on systems that only support syscons
> > > switching virtual terminals or exiting X
> > > results in a black screen or the last image of their desktop
> > > (like a screenshot) being presented.  Commands can still be typed
> blindly.
> > >
> > > Most, if not all, systems should be using vt(4) and this can be enabled
> > > by setting kern.vty=vt in /boot/loader.conf and reboot to activate.
> > >
> > > On behalf of core,
> > > Bapt
> > >
> >
> >
> > If I followed these instructions:
> >
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001570.html
> > what are the recommended actions I should take after this change?
>
> Just disable the FreeBSD_new_xorg repository when the packages will be
> available
> (they will be built in 6 days)
>


Thanks for the clarification.  In any future announcement, you may wish to
clarify
what will happen to new_xorg repository, and recommended instructions for
people to follow in case they have it in their config.  Will it new_xorg
repo go away?  Will it remain but stop being updated?  Will it continue to
be updated?  etc.

--
Craig