From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 03:40:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817E51065698 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A1648FC13 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 31so1097945yxl.13 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:40:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9jizdg59lzBp2cgiwvmZ33mImdmqd+70zlUSyu3fvQY=; b=BhHnVqPe1DEcWzVarAqYcrQsX/DZ/pMP+7J8AtADdrnTBN7lJGdRFCfDEKJRo8wlrm dgffaoV0vkgRu/0sip/2I9kI0kiVy0XvzjaJ0LvNM1ipzJkbyxySbMm9gvl9pSjnffyM TIQ2/I4QnIUPCK0rRJAcJEppFzZYgJkVLbd9Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ws/3m4YGyhUTRpieg0b7GxFO83cx8oDe9n+scw0t4SDCqHLirJcUmJpg6sLL5IO7Wo 47u6PnJsW2nwQi2J5CP+prebjXvXtI6gKdTf5jFHYZh9fmt6/TUPFrk1FGkUHKjJX4V7 LCzg9mh7+Kxi0tqVaiTFnchdqqHobKmm1dnUQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.76.144 with SMTP id c16mr1268621vck.17.1235533248603; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:40:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A4B9ED.5040705@telenix.org> References: <49A4B9ED.5040705@telenix.org> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:40:48 -0500 Message-ID: <28283d910902241940g6648dbb5yf724508485ce6c3@mail.gmail.com> From: matt donovan To: Chuck Robey Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: x11 status X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:40:49 -0000 On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Chuck Robey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I was wondering, I've lost track of the status of XFree86 on FreeBSD.or > really, > at all. It looks like all of the Xfree86 servers have been removed from > ports. > I was looking on the www.Xfree86.org website, and from what I see, it > apparently still is generating releases. Also, I downloaded the latest cvs > image from Xfree86, and it built FAR easier that xorg, far faster, far > simpler > to configure ... but when I look into FreeBSD-ports, the few ports which > still > have the Xfree86 name, they're really cheating (talking about the drivers), > they > seem to be really xorg drivers, just haven't had their names fixed. No > servers > for Xfree86 exist in ports anymore, even though it seems trivial to build. > > Why is that? Is XFree86 not getting any fixes? It seems that their > version > 4.8.0 is recent, so I'm confused. I just wanted to know if it's missing > from > ports for some reason, or only because someone wanted it removed? It > couldn't > be because of a massive prejudice for configure-based ports, is it? (I hope > not). > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkmkue0ACgkQz62J6PPcoOkgOQCfS+bPR3zcTvckuTtY0fxMBMTT > OwsAnjVrFGOLjWhJjDbror4xgzHqjmrV > =nFWV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" It's due to the fact that not a lot of programs will compile with xfree86. Xorg is the de-facto standard now for graphic server. Pretty much All programs that require a gui at least the ones that depend on X libs use Xorg libs.