Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:39:08 -0300 From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> To: "Peter J. Blok" <Peter.Blok@inter.NL.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4.2.0 (is it coming back?) Message-ID: <20020226233930.46838.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> In-Reply-To: <20020226222353.05AFD37B405@hub.freebsd.org>; from Peter.Blok@inter.NL.net on Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:23:29PM %2B0100 References: <20020226222353.05AFD37B405@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:23:29PM +0100, Peter J. Blok wrote: > Hi, > > XFree86-4.2.0 was backed out because of the 4.5-RELEASE. I'd like to know > when is it going to be added again? This question has been showing up in the last couple weeks. :) In short, there is a group working on making XFree86-4 into a full blown meta port ala both kde and gnome. Due to this, they have decided to hold off the update until they finish converting to the meta port structure. This is somewhat controversial since many might point out that re-committing the 4.2.0 update would not stop them to work the conversion in private. However, we should give them a fair vote of confidence that work will get done. After all, we have been wanting a meta port for over an year so waiting a little longer is not much to ask. Furthermore, there was word on the list that another committer was going to merge the meta port on going work. Nonetheless, this committer seems to be busy which is understable since we all have lifes... :) but it would indicate that we might see something pretty soon. 8-) My suggestion, for now, grab the XFree86-4 prior to the 4.2.0 back from CVS (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/XFree86-4/) If you can wait (4.2.0 does not do anything better for you than 4.1.0), the final commit must be coming soon. Regards, ps: keywords (to feed search engines): why was it backed out, back out, commit, add again, 4.2.0, 4.1.0, after, before, release -- Mario S F Ferreira - DF - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." Computer Science Undergraduate | FreeBSD Committer | CS Developer flames to beloved devnull@someotherworldbeloworabove.org feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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