Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 04:40:55 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP! XFree86 has been upgraded to 4.2.0 in 4.5-STABLE Message-ID: <20020427044054.A78618@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Dear all, As decided by the release engineering and port manager teams, I have switched the default XFree86 version from 3.3.6 to 4.2.0. Packages for FreeBSD 4.x are now being built with XFree86-4.2.0 as a dependency, and ports will also be built with the newer version once you update to a newer -STABLE kernel. If you want to keep using XFree86-3.x with your port builds, add the following to your /etc/make.conf: XFREE86_VERSION=3 Note that this will not affect the XFree86 version dependency of packages downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org or its mirrors, because those are determined at compile-time and cannot be changed at install-time. XFree86-3.3.6 will still be available as an installation option via the packages menu of sysinstall, but the default XFree86 version will be 4.2.0 in 4.6-RELEASE. Since this is a nontrivial change and the 4.6 release cycle is just around the corner (code freeze: May 1), please test this as much as possible and report any problems or unexpected behaviour to ports@FreeBSD.org and portmgr@FreeBSD.org. Kris P.S. The decision to upgrade from XFree86-3.3.6 to 4.2.0 in a -STABLE branch was made after careful consideration of the benefits and drawbacks of such a change. Therefore, please try to resist the temptation to point out factors we have already considered which weigh against this decision. --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8yo5GWry0BWjoQKURAutpAJ9JLS4Mk9HmIlHW97+VvQWXangi5ACgzta3 D+XPjxbHUgV18lKaPKMvpwM= =8dUq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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