[src/netbsd-1-5]: src/distrib/notes/common Apply patch (requested by he):

[he <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/76d5802ee4b3
branches:  netbsd-1-5
changeset: 491869:76d5802ee4b3
user:      he <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Jun 10 18:21:28 2001 +0000

description:
Apply patch (requested by he):
  Mention planned binary snapshot of XFree86 4.0.3 for i386, and
  the state of the xsrc set (XFree86 3.3.6 and XFree86 version 4).

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/contents |  18 +++++++++++++-----
 distrib/notes/common/main     |  23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diffs (69 lines):

diff -r ee0058692a43 -r 76d5802ee4b3 distrib/notes/common/contents
--- a/distrib/notes/common/contents     Sun Jun 10 12:26:26 2001 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/contents     Sun Jun 10 18:21:28 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: contents,v 1.27.2.8 2001/05/21 01:48:10 jhawk Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: contents,v 1.27.2.9 2001/06/10 18:21:29 he Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -481,10 +481,18 @@
 maintains its own set of sources for the X Window System in order to
 assure tight integration and compatibility.
 These sources are based on XFree86, and tightly track XFree86 releases.
-They are currently equivalent to XFree86 3.3.6.
-Binary sets for the X Window System are distributed with
-.Nx .
-The sets are:
+The binaries shipped with
+.Nx
+\*V
+are based on XFree86 version 3.3.6.
+.Nx
+is in the process of moving to XFree86 version 4, and
+the X source set actually contains source for both XFree86 3.3.6
+and XFree86 4, and the ability to decide 
+at compile-time which one to build and install.
+The X Window System binary sets distributed with
+.Nx
+are:
 .(tag xcontrib
 .It Sy xbase
 The basic files needed for a complete X
diff -r ee0058692a43 -r 76d5802ee4b3 distrib/notes/common/main
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main Sun Jun 10 12:26:26 2001 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main Sun Jun 10 18:21:28 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.61.2.34 2001/06/07 15:37:03 he Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.61.2.35 2001/06/10 18:21:28 he Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -350,6 +350,27 @@
 system itself, so you will have to manually install packages using
 .Ic pkg_install
 or fetch and extract the pkgsrc.tgz tar file to get started.
+.Pp
+Lastly, it should be noted that the X11 binaries shipped in
+.Nx
+\*V
+is still based on XFree86 version 3.3.6.
+Several newer graphics cards are inadequatly supported
+by that code base, but on the other hand support for several
+older graphics cards is not available in newer XFree86 code.
+.Nx
+is in the process of moving to XFree86 version 4, and is currently
+maintaining both the XFree86 3.3.6 and the XFree86 version 4 code
+in the
+.Sy xsrc
+source set, and you may at compile time pick which sources to
+build and install.
+To ease installation, testing and use of the XFree86 version 4
+code, a binary snapshot based on XFree86
+version 4.0.3 will be made available for at least the i386
+architecture shortly after the release of
+.Nx
+\*V.
 .if \n[FOR_RELEASE] \{\
 .if r_i386 \{
 .Ss New Compatibility Issues Introduced With NetBSD 1.5.1