On Fre, 2003-04-04 at 16:14, Martin Spott wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 03:59:16PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Fre, 2003-04-04 at 14:56, Martin Spott wrote: > > > > This remembers me of a question that came up recently: Some of the changes > > > that recently were made to the XFree86 CVS repository touch files that are > > > part of the DRI tree. Does anyone track these changes with the intention to > > > update the DRI tree accordingly ? > > > > Are you thinking of anything in particular? I didn't notice anything but > > backports of fixes from the DRI tree or cosmetical fixes. > > Lemme see if I can find the posting quickly .... > > Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/04/03 14:47:42 > 56. Allow AGPGART support to be enabled for OpenBSD (#A.1684, Brian Feldman). > [...] > 3.11 +2 -2 xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c > > > Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/04/03 08:38:52 > 42. Fix memory leaks in ProcXF86VidModeModModeLine and > ProcXF86VidModeValidateModeLine, > [...] > 1.15 +6 -2 xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86VidMode.c > > > Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/04/03 08:16:02 > 34. Add a new request to the XF86Misc extension that allows a client > to send an arbitrary message to the DDX, which in turn can send the > message to the driver. > [...] > 1.92 +10 -1 xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/.... > > > I'm shure there are some more. > I could be wrong but it appears to me that it _might_ me useful to track > these changes to minimize the next merge !? I'm not the one who defines how > to follow the XFree86 tree, I'm just a bit curious.
I think it's quite the opposite, the finer grained you track it, the more work, increasingly so as the trees diverge. If someone volunteers to do it (and the people doing the regular merges don't mind), fine, but I doubt the existing developers are bored enough to do it. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
