Re: newcons comming

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:49:10 +0800
Julian Elischer <julian_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 10/25/13 9:29 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > Erm, I don't think this is really ready for -HEAD yet?
> 
> certainly not ready for 10..
> but that doesn't mean it can not be in 10.1
> the existing console will still be there as default, and if this 
> truely is a big step forward, people will start using it in 10.1 and 
> it can be in 11 as a default.

Yeah! Stability is more important than new features.
(and I found one more bug rising on some load :-D)
So ray leaving race. :)

Thanks for comments!

> 
> I think it's too late for this to be in 10.0
> >
> >
> >
> > -adrian
> >
> >
> >
> > On 25 October 2013 06:04, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:18:47 +0300
> >> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_ddteam.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello fellow hackers!
> >>>
> >>> I finally reach the point when I can work with newcons instead of
> >>> syscons on my laptop. Yes, I know it still buggy and have a lot of
> >>> style(9) problems. But we really have to get it into HEAD and 10.0 to
> >>> enable shiny new Xorg features, drivers, etc.
> >>>
> >>> So I ask everyone to look "hard" into that[1] and tell me your opinion.
> >>> I expect a lot of opinions, since it have to affect almost all good
> >>> guys, as result I have to ask to split "bug reports" into two parts:
> >>> 1. Should be done before merge to 10.0;
> >>> 2. Can be done later.
> >>>
> >>> If it possible, please do it(review - report) ASAP.
> >>> I have plan to done it that way:
> >>> 1. Merge newcons to head (in a few days);
> >>> 2. Fix a lot of reported bugs (2 hrs :-D );
> >>> 3. Persuade re_at_ about we need it in 10.0 (one week, maybe two);
> >>> 4. Merge to 10.0;
> >>> 5. One year AFK somewhere on Bahamas;^W^W^W^W^W^W^W
> >>> 5. Add mouse cut-paste support;
> >>> 6. Fix new bugs;
> >>> 7. Some drinks.
> >>>
> >>> What do we will have with newcons:
> >>> * (Think it is main) Allow us to switch to fresh Xorg, which require
> >>> KMS.
> >>> * Graphic devices which can provide framebuffer access can be easily
> >>> used as virtual terminals (someone may have pixel-LCD on front of PC
> >>> tower, may found it useful :-D )
> >>> * See [2].
> >>>
> >>> TODO:
> >>> * Lack of key mapping files, everyone can help with that using
> >>> instructions on [3];
> >>> * A bit slow (mostly scrolling affected).
> >>> * Other bugs :)
> >>> * See [2].
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> [1] - http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/ed/newcons/
> >>> [2] -
> >>>
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.html#Continuation-of-the-Newcons-Project
> >>> [3] -
> >>>
> >> http://raybsd.blogspot.com/2013/10/newcons-international-keyboard-input.html
> >>> Hope you will love newcons!
> >>> And maybe me too :)
> >>>
> >>> WBW
> >>> --
> >>> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_ddteam.net>
> >> Forget to give a patch to HEAD, here it is:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~ray/newcons/newcons_to_head_r257107_2013-10-25_1542.diff.gz
> >>
> >> Thanks to all!
> >>
> >> WBW
> >> --
> >> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_freebsd.org>
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