Subject: Re: XFree86 vs X.org
To: Rui-Xiang Guo <rxg@myrealbox.com>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 12/17/2005 15:26:33
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:29:55PM +0800, Rui-Xiang Guo wrote:
> Hmm, XFree86 in xsrc is remporary. Will we support it no more?
> I should stop tracing problem in xsrc...
XFree86 in xsrc is possibly temporary, but it will be with us for a
while--at least through the next release of NetBSD. Please continue
to search for and fix problems.
> Personly, I prefer to have some base modules inside(e.g.Xft, fontconfig...),
> just like we have postfix inside our base system.
In essence, xsrc is part of the base system. If you'd like to make
a proposal to move specific items into src from xsrc (or elsewhere),
please do so, but be sure that you have a good set of reasons.
Thanks,
-allen
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