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Date:      Sat, 2 Jun 2001 09:08:02 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net>
To:        mwm@mired.org
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: WITHOUT_X vs. WITHOUT_X11 vs. NO_X
Message-ID:  <200106020608.f52680o49768@mail.uic-in.net>
In-Reply-To: <15127.62143.888966.869172@guru.mired.org>

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On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:53:35 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> types:
> > Mike Meyer wrote:
> > > Since WITHOUT_X has already been documented, fixing the ports that
> > > used one of the other variables to use that one relatively soon would
> > > be a good thing. Unless there's a good reason to use one of the other
> > > two, that is.
> > I'm voting for WITHOUT_X11 - it is unlikely that we will see X12 in a foreseable
> > future, so why to bother?
> 
> If we never see X12, there's no reason to use either one. On the off
> chance that we do, we'll have problems. Why ask for trouble?

If we ever see X12, it will unlikely to be compatible with X11
anyway, so we will need WITHOUT_X12 etc.

At the same time, we have X11BASE, so little consistency
certainly won't hurt.

-Maxim

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