From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 02:44:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C60EC16A4CE; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:44:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B667F43D5D; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:44:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd02.aul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1Al4DY-0004ZR-02; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:43:44 +0100 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (XHIOiTZTwejEnNnJObaKSEg0Cyey67y4d2rcu5VMTbSl2ufqkNcxk4@[80.131.122.51]) by fmrl02.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 1Al4DJ-24wpvs0; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:43:29 +0100 Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (Magellan.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.1]) i0QAhSJb074639; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:43:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0QAhRI0004705; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:43:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:43:27 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: eta@lclark.edu Message-Id: <20040126114327.3621078f@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <1075059166.703.37.camel@leguin> References: <200401251014.i0PAE8G2004435@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040125125547.56311882@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <1075059166.703.37.camel@leguin> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Seen: false X-ID: XHIOiTZTwejEnNnJObaKSEg0Cyey67y4d2rcu5VMTbSl2ufqkNcxk4@t-dialin.net cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org cc: x11@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11 Makefile ports/x11/libXpm Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:44:40 -0000 On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:32:46 -0800 Eric Anholt wrote: > Yes, I really intend to replace XFree86's libraries with freedesktop.org > libraries where there's an fd.o version available. [good reasons why this will happen] > This is not a fork of XFree86. Notably, we (as in fd.o) don't have any > fork of the XFree86 X Server*. This is just the libraries. There is an > X Server at freedesktop.org, which shares the internal X Server parts > but has different DDXs, along with the new extensions (fixes, damage, > and composite). I've been working off and on on porting that server, > but I don't think I'll be able to finish it before I leave. Xouvert is > a dead project (if you can say it was ever alive to begin with) that no > established X hackers worked on. > > * This actually may change. There's been talk, and one person hacking > on, importing the XFree86 DDX into the X Server tree and fixing it to > work with Composite. I have serious doubts myself about the viability > of trying to do minor fixes to XAA instead of axing it and starting from > scratch, given its major limitations in the presence of Composite and > increased use of Render, which is why I've been spending so much time on > the kdrive server. So you (fd.o) take the libs from XFree86 and just repack them with the autotools? By reading fd.o (http://pdx.freedesktop.org/Software/X11) it seems you want to improve them independently from XFree86. I don't think this is bad, but IMHO it's a fork then. Bye, Alexander. -- I will be available to get hired in April 2004. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7