Re: to upgrade xorg-server sanely, i'd like to create xorg-server.old

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

I think 42 MB in the whole scheme of things is negligible - sounds
like a plan :)

Best,
Alistair

On 7 June 2016 at 12:49, Christos Zoulas <christos%astron.com@localhost> wrote:
> In article <19836.1465322978%splode.eterna.com.au@localhost>,
> matthew green  <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
>>hi folks.
>>
>>
>>we've had success in the main tree using 'foo' and 'foo.old' subdirs
>>to upgrade complex components that may require help from many people,
>>and i'd like to use that method to update xorg-server which is quite
>>old at this point, but has many many local changes that will take time
>>to port across (and then will be in a better position to push upstream
>>as well.)  the existing server is 42MB in my current check out, so
>>this would be duplicated in xsrc.
>>
>>i'll probably start this in the next week or so, but i'd like to see
>>if there are any objections first.
>
> Whee, go for it!
>
> christos
>