From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 5 1:38: 7 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58AD937B401; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 01:38:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A85C43FAF; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 01:38:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.gorean.org (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <200303050938040020080a5he>; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:38:04 +0000 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 01:38:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: Eric Anholt Cc: Fred Clift , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is XFree86 4.3.0 going to be in 4.8? In-Reply-To: <1046852262.613.152.camel@leguin> Message-ID: <20030305013257.A18288@znfgre.tberna.bet> References: <20030304112113.C78363-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> <1046852262.613.152.camel@leguin> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd like to cast a vote for waiting on our 4.8 release until there is a solid 4.3.[01] release of X, as long as the delay is say, weeks, rather than months. I've had to patch the X ports by hand with stuff from the X cvs tree in order to get it to recognize my new video card, and there are a lot of other users in the same/similar boats. Not only is the marginal value of this release made more significant with an up to date X, but there is precedent for a delay of this nature. Just a thought, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message