Re: Native X.Org: testers wanted

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:11:08 -0400
Izaac <izaac%setec.org@localhost> wrote:

> It is my sole point that because something can be done doesn't
> necessarily mean it should be done.  Keeping Xorg in the src tree
> requires an enormous investment in maintenance.  It has already been
> tried once, with the result of atrophy and obsolescence for XFree86.
> Now, the old arguments have vanished and we even have a framework for
> handling third party software.  Why repeat history?

For fun, I built all of modular xorg:

        meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-apps
        meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-drivers
        meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-fonts
        meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-libs

on a 4.0 system with no packages installed -- I wanted some idea of the
effort involved.  The total: 207 packages.  More importantly, a number
of them are not part of xorg per se, most notably perl.  If memory
serves, the standard perl build environment doesn't permit
cross-compilation.

I've attached the list of packages...

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

devel/autoconf
devel/automake
devel/gmake
devel/libtool-base
devel/m4
devel/pkg-config
devel/xorg-util-macros
fonts/bdftopcf
fonts/encodings
fonts/font-adobe-100dpi
fonts/font-adobe-75dpi
fonts/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi
fonts/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi
fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1
fonts/font-alias
fonts/font-bh-100dpi
fonts/font-bh-75dpi
fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi
fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi
fonts/font-bh-ttf
fonts/font-bh-type1
fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi
fonts/font-bitstream-75dpi
fonts/font-bitstream-type1
fonts/font-cursor-misc
fonts/font-daewoo-misc
fonts/font-dec-misc
fonts/font-ibm-type1
fonts/font-isas-misc
fonts/font-jis-misc
fonts/font-misc-misc
fonts/font-mutt-misc
fonts/font-util
fonts/fontconfig
fonts/libfontenc
fonts/mkfontdir
fonts/mkfontscale
fonts/vera-ttf
graphics/MesaLib
graphics/freetype2
lang/perl5
mail/xbiff
meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-apps
meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-drivers
meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-fonts
meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-libs
misc/xdg-dirs
pkgtools/digest
pkgtools/pkg_install
textproc/expat
textproc/intltool
textproc/p5-XML-Parser
wm/twm
x11/appres
x11/beforelight
x11/bigreqsproto
x11/bitmap
x11/compositeproto
x11/damageproto
x11/editres
x11/evieext
x11/fixesproto
x11/fontcacheproto
x11/fontsproto
x11/glproto
x11/iceauth
x11/ico
x11/inputproto
x11/kbproto
x11/libFS
x11/libICE
x11/libSM
x11/libX11
x11/libXScrnSaver
x11/libXTrap
x11/libXau
x11/libXaw
x11/libXcomposite
x11/libXcursor
x11/libXdamage
x11/libXdmcp
x11/libXevie
x11/libXext
x11/libXfixes
x11/libXfont
x11/libXft
x11/libXi
x11/libXinerama
x11/libXmu
x11/libXp
x11/libXpm
x11/libXprintUtil
x11/libXrandr
x11/libXrender
x11/libXres
x11/libXt
x11/libXtst
x11/libXv
x11/libXvMC
x11/libXxf86dga
x11/libXxf86misc
x11/libXxf86vm
x11/libdrm
x11/libxkbfile
x11/libxkbui
x11/listres
x11/luit
x11/modular-xorg-server
x11/pixman
x11/printproto
x11/randrproto
x11/recordproto
x11/renderproto
x11/resourceproto
x11/scrnsaverproto
x11/sessreg
x11/setxkbmap
x11/trapproto
x11/videoproto
x11/x11perf
x11/xauth
x11/xbacklight
x11/xbitmaps
x11/xcalc
x11/xclock
x11/xcmiscproto
x11/xconsole
x11/xdm
x11/xdpyinfo
x11/xev
x11/xextproto
x11/xeyes
x11/xf86-input-keyboard
x11/xf86-input-mouse
x11/xf86-input-vmmouse
x11/xf86-input-void
x11/xf86-video-apm
x11/xf86-video-ark
x11/xf86-video-ast
x11/xf86-video-ati
x11/xf86-video-chips
x11/xf86-video-cirrus
x11/xf86-video-cyrix
x11/xf86-video-glint
x11/xf86-video-i128
x11/xf86-video-i740
x11/xf86-video-imstt
x11/xf86-video-intel
x11/xf86-video-mach64
x11/xf86-video-mga
x11/xf86-video-neomagic
x11/xf86-video-nsc
x11/xf86-video-nv
x11/xf86-video-r128
x11/xf86-video-radeonhd
x11/xf86-video-rendition
x11/xf86-video-s3
x11/xf86-video-s3virge
x11/xf86-video-savage
x11/xf86-video-siliconmotion
x11/xf86-video-sis
x11/xf86-video-tdfx
x11/xf86-video-tga
x11/xf86-video-trident
x11/xf86-video-tseng
x11/xf86-video-vesa
x11/xf86-video-vga
x11/xf86-video-via
x11/xf86-video-vmware
x11/xf86-video-wsfb
x11/xf86bigfontproto
x11/xf86dgaproto
x11/xf86driproto
x11/xf86miscproto
x11/xf86vidmodeproto
x11/xfontsel
x11/xgamma
x11/xhost
x11/xineramaproto
x11/xinit
x11/xkbcomp
x11/xkeyboard-config
x11/xkill
x11/xload
x11/xlogo
x11/xlsclients
x11/xmag
x11/xman
x11/xmessage
x11/xmodmap
x11/xmore
x11/xplsprinters
x11/xprehashprinterlist
x11/xprop
x11/xproto
x11/xrandr
x11/xrdb
x11/xrefresh
x11/xset
x11/xsetmode
x11/xsetpointer
x11/xsetroot
x11/xsm
x11/xterm
x11/xtrans
x11/xvinfo
x11/xwd
x11/xwininfo
x11/xwud