X.org 7.2 in FreeBSD ports tree

At long last and despite a ports freeze, X.org 7.2 has been merged into the FreeBSD ports tree. I first heard about it from Michael Lucas during a BSDCan session; you can read the official announcement here. If you're planning on trying the upgrade, it wouldn't hurt to bookmark this month's page of the ports mailing list--if you do hit a snag, it's probably already been discussed and fixed there.

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