Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:47:31 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-fonts/bitstream-vera Makefile Message-ID: <20050216164731.GA73067@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1108571044.92209.35.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> References: <200502160511.j1G5BlVu083450@repoman.freebsd.org> <1108551730.92209.16.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <1108570685.7544.5.camel@leguin> <1108571044.92209.35.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 05:24:04PM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Eric Anholt p=ED?e v st 16. 02. 2005 v 08:18 -0800: > > On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 11:18 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 12:02:10PM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > > > Joe Marcus Clarke p??e v st 16. 02. 2005 v 05:11 +0000: > > > > > marcus 2005-02-16 05:11:47 UTC > > > > >=20 > > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > >=20 > > > > > Modified files: > > > > > x11-fonts/bitstream-vera Makefile=20 > > > > > Log: > > > > > Use the correct plist. > > > >=20 > > > > You think people still run XFree 3.x ? > > >=20 > > > They might, actually. XFree 3.x is still probably useful for people = with > > > old hardware/specific cards. > >=20 > > People with cards sufficiently old to not be supported by current > > X.Org/XFree86 would probably be better off with the vesa driver and > > shadowfb instead. > >=20 > > In fact, I don't know what cards are supported natively by 3.3.6 and not > > X.Org. The failure of the transition to XFree86 4.0 was largely due to > > the nonexistent-to-poor s3virge support, if I remember right, and that > > was fixed at least a year ago. >=20 > If I'm not mistaken, XFree 3.x ports are already removed, right? No, they are not. >=20 > Is it a time to sweep code supporting 3.x out from the ports tree? No, not until all the old devices that 3.x supports are also supported by XFree86-4/X.org, or the very existence of XFree86 3.x in the ports tree starts to cause some real problems. So far neither of these are true. --=20 <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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