[Xorg] Support of ancient servers in Xorg tree?

[Alan Coopersmith]

I'm not sure I want to claim any ownership or responsibility for the hw/sun
tree.  The only cards listed in the README that I even know where to find are
the cg6 series, and those have a directory under hw/xfree86/drivers already.
Sun/4 is definitely the only hardware platform listed there we still have,
none of the Sun/2, Sun/3 or Sun386i hardware.  Unless someone wants to step
up and volunteer, I can't see continuing to support it.

Since we're so close to the 6.8 release, I think the best solution for that
is to release note the lack of support and change the default for Solaris/SPARC
builds to build Xorg instead of Xsun (a one-line change to the svr4.cf file).

	-alan-

Stuart Anderson wrote:
> I didn't mean to imply that we can't get rid of orphaned code, just that
> since the "owner" of this code is present, and participating, it should
> be their call as to what happens to it. If it stays, then it should be
> maintained in the same manner as everything else that stays.
> 
> Changes to common code requires concensus. Vendor specific code,
> however, should probably be the responsibility of that vendor.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Keith Whitwell wrote:
> 
> 
>>Stuart Anderson wrote:
>>
>>>I think it is up to the vendors that provided these DDX to decide what
>>>their status is (ie it's your call). Fix it, turn it off, or rip it out.
>>>Like Mike said, if it stays in, it should get a tinderbox to prove it at
>>>least builds ok. There should be a row for it in the Release Readiness Table
>>>if you want it.
>>>
>>
>>Hmm.  I'd prefer to see that differently - the presumption should be that the
>>code should be ripped out unless somebody steps up and (a) protests and (b) is
>>seen to demonstrate willingness to maintain the code.  I don't see any value
>>in keeping broken code in the tree otherwise.  If someone wants it back in the
>>future, it will still be in the repository (just not visible on the head).
>>
>>Otherwise, we're all tiptoe-ing around trying not to offend people who
>>probably don't exist & if they do are much more interested in other stuff.
>>
>>Keith
>>
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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