Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:25:14 -0500 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Warren <shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade in Xfree86 pkg failed Message-ID: <20050625182514.GA635@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIENEFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <200506242117.29688.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIENEFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 09:14:26AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Why are you building xfree86? FreeBSD 5.4 uses Xorg. It's > just about the same code just different licensing. I don't think the > FreeBSD core is bothering to keep the xfree86 port working on FreeBSD 5.X > just FreeBSD 4.11 I'm sorry, but this is wrong on almost all counts. The default X server that is installed by the base for 5.4 is indeed xorg, but both XFree and xorg are being actively maintained. A great deal of work goes into keeping both X servers working on the active source branches. As for the licensing meta-fiasco, see the FAQ or use Google to find out more; this has been hashed and re-hashed and re-re-hashed here, and in other venues, many times. mcl
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