From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 19:50:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898EF106564A for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sdaoden@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f50.google.com (mail-wg0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 177398FC0A for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:50:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgi16 with SMTP id 16so1106223wgi.31 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:50:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:in-reply-to:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DmtOMw8Fjl90n1HLBWmnM/Krg1qrokgc3h2ZkWauNvI=; b=TUS1HRN/Sik1cegXpK7Ki/shQWfWbEKLVWIVtXR9RmcepksH8cO8TLkIESvaGWbb8u qqCh4zh4hZrEHX90MI43tSXJrR+hxPMjo6JLzmvIvVQDfA7jBsmjzF5TOWoedhm/HgJO tX1zT/OBiSSQSqADt9tcf3JryNfOizo/pYhsED6OFZo/PW3I7f1nuSFX97skiLHgG7xP D3papzFAdG4LoQPyPO5XVe6HQw7748nEZuPX7ElMolswK18BkiZJZTlDmFd6/CFxTwyh zihgH584w4Z3NiWL/YvmtnXRmMfwFUVCA9t05IslkUxIZRry6Rc0BHiuyB5LivScwYIV fV2Q== Received: by 10.216.198.144 with SMTP id v16mr932059wen.68.1347911438726; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dietcurd.wild-life.local ([89.204.137.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id el6sm19238989wib.8.2012.09.17.12.50.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:50:34 +0200 From: Steffen "Daode" Nurpmeso To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <50577f0a.TlvZ/9QC1A0IFofPYai2MUvl@dietcurd.wild-life.local> References: <5057765F.4080001@an3e.de> In-Reply-To: <5057765F.4080001@an3e.de> User-Agent: S-nail <12.5 7/5/10;s-nail-12-g80ec976> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:50:40 -0000 |> Hi, |> I was wondering about the possibility of FreeBSD to provide an official |> supported graphical environment. What i really miss compared to 4.* and 5.3 (and compared to NetBSD and OpenBSD) is that there is a single package with a known name that can be downloaded and unpacked and you have a X11 environment to go. I have not searched the archives for the "when" and "why" of the decision to drop it. But its absence really hurts me. --steffen