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Subject: Making XFree86-4 the default
From: asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi Asami)
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Hi,

What do you guys think about making XFree86-4-* the default now?  With
the split-up XFree86-4 ports and the xtt-* servers (which are
basically 3.3.6 servers plus TrueType patches), I think everyone can
have a reasonable system.

Those who don't want XFree86-4 can still set XFREE86_VERSION=3 in
their /etc/make.conf, but I will be generating packages with XF8V set
to 4 and also the package build logs will be showing up for 4 only.

There are still many ports that have problems with XFree86-4 (most
notable the HTML manpage stuff) but we have 2 months to fix those
before the next release.

This will enable us to turn X into a true dependency, instead of a
pseudo-dependency that we all came to hate (especially Jordan and I).
It will also allow us to support alpha better and have a faster
turnaround time for bug/security fixes.

Here is a short todo list.

(1) Add a meta-port so people can install "everything".  Maybe some
    extra meta-ports that don't depend on the less popular font files
    or weird servers (Xprt, etc.) will also make it easier.

(2) Fix sysinstall menus to point to these instead of 3.3.6 ones.

Comments and additions welcome.

Satoshi

P.S. It seems open-motif is also ready for prime time....


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