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Date: 1 Oct 1995 00:12:06 +0800
From: peter@haywire.dialix.com (Peter Wemm)
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Subject: Re: xearth 1.0 is out
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jkh@freefall.freebsd.org (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:

>And drops in simply by blowing away the patches directory and
>pre-patch rule in the Makefile.

>Pros:  Supports >8bit displays, making it finally possible for me to run
>       xearth (lots of us running in 24 bit all the time now).
>       Various bugs fixed.

>Cons:  Invalidates all of Satoshi's fine work with the -freebsd option. :(

>I suppose if someone were willing to re-hack in the changes? :-)
>Otherwise, it would be kinda nice to see the port updated.

>					Jordan

I'll do it, but only if I get to be on the map too.. :-)

Cheers,
-Peter