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From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net>
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Subject: Re: WITHOUT_X vs. WITHOUT_X11 vs. NO_X
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 01:36:01 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net> types:
> > At the same time, we have X11BASE, so little consistency
> > certainly won't hurt.
> 
> A little consistency hurts when it causes a lot of inconsistency. Most
> of the variables in /etc don't have version numbers. For ports,
> WITHOUT_GTK, WITHOUT_GLIB, WITHOUT_IMLIB, and WITHOUT_GNOME don't have
> version numbers, and those are the ones most similar to this in
> functionality.
> 
> WITHOUT_X is the one that was documented after it was discussed on
> -dco. It's the one users will expect to work.

-doc desn't have any authority over -ports issues. This
question was discusses some time ago and consensus
reached about WITHOUT_X11. Documentation should
follow architecture desisions, not otherwise.

-Maxim

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