From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jan 21 13:25:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29791 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:25:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from trantor.sc.metrolink.com (trantor.sc.metrolink.com [209.12.162.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29766 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anderson@metrolink.com) Received: from trantor.sc.metrolink.com (trantor.sc.metrolink.com [209.12.162.18]) by trantor.sc.metrolink.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA20780; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:24:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from anderson@metrolink.com) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:24:30 -0500 (EST) From: Stuart Anderson X-Sender: anderson@trantor.sc.metrolink.com To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF Motif In-Reply-To: <199901211857.KAA27552@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've just checked with our person working on the product, and the packages have been finalized. Pending a few Documentaion updates, Motif Complete! should ship next week. It will contain both a.out & ELF versions of the packages on the same CD. I hope this narrows it down more than the RSN answer did 8-). On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Cy Schubert wrote: > Now that 3.0 has become the -stable branch, I would assume that > many vendors may port their products to the new binary format. > I've spoken to a couple of vendors about their Motif products > migration to ELF. Both have said soon. Since I don't have any > evidence of anything that will prove these promises either way > (being the skeptical person I am), I would like to determine > whether I should: > > 1. Wait. > > 2. Replace applications with those that use toolkits other than > Motif. > > 3. Use 3.0 with a.out binaries. I would like to still maintain > the option > of recompiling these applications on 3.0 if I have to, rather > than keep > a 2.2 system for that purpose. > > I seem to have the impression that some in the inner sanctum of the > FreeBSD project may have managed to get their hands on a > pre-release copy of Motif for FreeBSD ELF. If this is the case, > one might be able expect that a product will be released by some > vendor RSN, in which case wait might be the option to take. > > Would anyone care to comment on or confirm my assumptions? > > > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca > ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca > Province of BC > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > Stuart Stuart R. Anderson anderson@metrolink.com Metro Link Incorporated South Carolina Office 4711 North Powerline Road 105 Fox Ridge Run Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 Lexington, SC 29072 voice: 954.938.0283 voice: 803.951.3630 fax: 954.938.1982 SkyTel: 800.405.3401 http://www.metrolink.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message