From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 21:58:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1260116A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:58:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9D0643D54 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:58:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from [192.168.0.103] (c-24-21-18-195.client.comcast.net[24.21.18.195]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <20040723215840016006be3se>; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:58:40 +0000 From: Eric Anholt To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <4101872E.9020604@centtech.com> References: <1090609869.2748.23.camel@leguin> <4101839D.6030108@centtech.com> <1090619066.2748.46.camel@leguin> <4101872E.9020604@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1090619918.2748.48.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:58:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:58:42 -0000 On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 14:46, Eric Anderson wrote: > Eric Anholt wrote: > > >On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 14:31, Eric Anderson wrote: > > > > > >>Eric Anholt wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>OK, the final version of the X.Org conversion patch has hit the tree. > >>>No ports appear to be broken by the upgrade at this time. X.Org has > >>>been made the default X distribution on -current. Other versions of > >>>FreeBSD retain the same default X distribution (XFree86) but can upgrade > >>>by setting X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in /etc/make.conf. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Sorry if I'm in the stone age here, but I why is this better than > >>XFree86? Just curious. > >> > >> > > > >It's newer than our old XFree86 4.3 and supports far more hardware. > >It's also where current X developers are working, so it's where new > >features will be first. It also doesn't have the new XFree86 license. > >You could read xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/CHANGELOG and xc/ChangeLog > >to see what actually changed. (Hint: a lot.) > > > > Cool! So I can expect all the same stuff that works in the -snap > version (4.3.99 I think?) of XFree86 to work on X.Org stuff? In Yes, and more. The snap is quite out of date. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org