Created attachment 192767 [details] Patch updating x11-wm/swm to 1.3.5 I was looking at the list of out-dated ports without a maintainer[1] and I found x11-wm/swm. I managed to update it to update it to version 1.3.5. Here's the changelog: > v1.3.5: > * changed all swm stuff to sWM to avoid confusion with old swm... > * added doxygen developer documentation > * removed a bug that caused strange focus behaviour > * exposeHandler was changed to react faster in debug mode > * added extra handling check in keyEventHandler to improve stability & speed > * added new "first-time" wizzard and sWM runtime configuration > * changed Makefile based installation I simplified the Makefile as well. The problem is that neither the current version nor the new 1.3.5 is working on my laptop. The X session starts but there's only black screen and no errors as fair as I can tell. feh, however, successfully sets a background wallpaper. The software is not maintained since 2004.[2] Shouldn't we remove it from the tree? I'm attaching the patch just in case. [1]: https://portscout.freebsd.org/ports@freebsd.org.html [2]: http://www.small-window-manager.de/swm-download.html
QA: - portlint -AC - poudriere testport 10.4, 11.1 amd64
Well, updating the port if either version has problems does not make sense. I've sent a mail to the mail address given at the website (support@small-window-manager.de), let's wait. If we do not hear back until June, we should deprecate that software.
(In reply to Kurt Jaeger from comment #2) It's June now. Did you hear back from the author?
No, I did not hear back from that address.
I suggest we mark this port as broken and deprecated. Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16360
A commit references this bug: Author: 0mp Date: Fri Jul 20 09:19:20 UTC 2018 New revision: 474997 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/474997 Log: x11-wm/swm: Mark broken and deprecated PR: 227731 Reviewed by: krion (mentor) Approved by: krion (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16360 Changes: head/x11-wm/swm/Makefile