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From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: xterm dumps core
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>>>>Andrey should think about the consequences of upsetting thousands of 
>>>>previously happy FreeBSD users when they discover that the X that they've
>>>>been using just fine for a year or more on FreeBSD 2.0/2.0.5 no longer 
>>>>works, with problems ranging from xterm dumping core to compose processing 
>>>>no longer working.
>>>
>>>X shipped on the same CD as FreeBSD and it is newer that
>>>2.0/2.0.5 variant, so upgrading recommended in this case.
>>>I already make neccessary locale.alias additions.
>
>>Does this imply that the XFree86 shipped with 2.1 will contain the new
>>names in locale.alias?  If so, please do not call it simply "XFree86
>
>Small correction: not "new" but "additional" names, I mean
>that old names still present.
>Yes, after Satoshi apply my patch and rebuilds XFree.
>
>>3.1.2" because that will lead to confusion with the definitive 3.1.2
>>version, and cause problems for someone who wants to upgrade their source
>>to a new version with a future patch.  Please make it clear that it is
>>a version updated to include support for FreeBSD 2.1.
>
>Well, everything from ports area assumed to be tuned/configured/patched
>especially for FreeBSD and goes under original names. But I think
>nothing wrong happens, if patching fact will be specially mentioned
>as you want. /usr/ports/Xfree86/pkg/DESCR should be updated
>according to your proposal. Since Satoshi is our ports master, I pass this
>issue to him.

If it is distributed as the standard source + patches which get applied
at build time, then fine.  I'm not really worried about the run-time set.

David