[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: freebsd-ports
Subject: Re: HEADS UP: xorg 7.2 ready for testing
From: Andy Fawcett <andy () athame ! co ! uk>
Date: 2007-05-13 19:43:09
Message-ID: 200705132243.10613.andy () athame ! co ! uk
[Download RAW message or body]
On Friday 11 May 2007 00:28:17 Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Dear porters,
>
> We are now ready for xorg 7.2 testing! Over the past week we have
> done extensive tests of various upgrade scenarios, fixed many
> remaining bugs, and now the upgrade is looking good. Of course, we
> can't possibly test everything, so that's where you come in. What we
> need now is for everyone to download this tarball:
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/ports-xorg-7.2.tbz
>
> Extract it into a clean directory (i.e. not over the top of your
> existing ports tree), then follow the directions in UPDATING to begin
> the upgrade process. In particular, please pay special attention to
> the instructions on how to record and report information should
> something go wrong: without a transcript of the upgrade session we may
> be unable to determine what went wrong on your system, and your report
> may be wasted.
>
> We're asking all FreeBSD ports committers and other interested
> developers to participate in this process: it's now up to you guys to
> test the upgrade and report problems you encounter, before we unleash
> it on the general user base.
>
> Once we have enough success reports and have dealt with all reported
> failures, we will proceed with the next stage, which is to import into
> CVS.
Finally completed here on one machine with no real problems. Machine had a
basic KDE desktop installed before starting (just kdebase really), and worked
fine afterwards.
--
Andy Fawcett | andy@athame.co.uk
| tap@kde.org
"In an open world without walls and fences, | tap@lspace.org
we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | tap@fruitsalad.org
_______________________________________________
freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic