Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:24:29 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: x11 status Message-ID: <49A4B9ED.5040705@telenix.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I was wondering, I've lost track of the status of XFree86 on FreeBSD.or really, at all. It looks like all of the Xfree86 servers have been removed from ports. I was looking on the www.Xfree86.org website, and from what I see, it apparently still is generating releases. Also, I downloaded the latest cvs image from Xfree86, and it built FAR easier that xorg, far faster, far simpler to configure ... but when I look into FreeBSD-ports, the few ports which still have the Xfree86 name, they're really cheating (talking about the drivers), they seem to be really xorg drivers, just haven't had their names fixed. No servers for Xfree86 exist in ports anymore, even though it seems trivial to build. Why is that? Is XFree86 not getting any fixes? It seems that their version 4.8.0 is recent, so I'm confused. I just wanted to know if it's missing from ports for some reason, or only because someone wanted it removed? It couldn't be because of a massive prejudice for configure-based ports, is it? (I hope not). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmkue0ACgkQz62J6PPcoOkgOQCfS+bPR3zcTvckuTtY0fxMBMTT OwsAnjVrFGOLjWhJjDbror4xgzHqjmrV =nFWV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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