From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:46:04 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 00/22] package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server: bump version to 1.20.0 In-Reply-To: <87in5jvc0n.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> References: <20180630110853.29339-1-bernd.kuhls@t-online.de> <20180703215602.GG2530@scaer> <0jjc1fxkra.ln2@ID-313208.user.individual.net> <87in5jvc0n.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <20180715154604.GC2516@scaer> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 2018-07-13 09:19 +0200, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly: > >>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Kuhls writes: > >> r128, savage, and sis are all very, very old now. Like, 20 years or > >> more... I wonder if it makes sense to keep them, given that none of > >> those three natively cross-compile, and are starting to require patches > >> to build against a recent X stack. The latter meaning that upstream is > >> not even test-building those drivers anymore... > > Up until now and even including the current bump to xserver_xorg-server > > 1.20.0 I am still willing to support even the oldest drivers if I can > > find the necessary patches somewhere so from my POV it is ok to keep > > them. If Thomas or Peter think otherwise I can remove them since I have > > no personal interest in them ;) > > As long as you care enough about them to keep them working (and the > patches aren't super big/ugly), then I am fine with keeping them. I'm also fine with keeping them if someone is actually caring for them. But as I sais, maintaining them just for the sake of maintenance, without actual use, is probably going too far. But OK, if that is an exercise in style. ;-) Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'