Bug 227731

Summary: x11-swm: Update to 1.3.5 (or mark DEPRECATED)
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp>
Component: Individual Port(s)Assignee: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me CC: pi, swills
Priority: --- Keywords: patch
Version: LatestFlags: 0mp: maintainer-feedback?
Hardware: Any   
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Patch updating x11-wm/swm to 1.3.5 0mp: maintainer-approval?

Description Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-04-24 01:49:37 UTC 
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
Comment 1 Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-04-24 01:50:27 UTC 
QA:
 - portlint -AC
 - poudriere testport 10.4, 11.1 amd64
Comment 2 Kurt Jaeger freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-07 08:49:41 UTC 
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.
Comment 3 Tobias Kortkamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-06-13 13:57:05 UTC 
(In reply to Kurt Jaeger from comment #2)
It's June now. Did you hear back from the author?
Comment 4 Kurt Jaeger freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-06-13 14:19:09 UTC 
No, I did not hear back from that address.
Comment 5 Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-07-20 01:21:08 UTC 
I suggest we mark this port as broken and deprecated.

Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16360
Comment 6 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-07-20 09:19:49 UTC 
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