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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>, glenngombert@zdnetonebox.com,
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Subject: Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 04:05:27PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:42:23PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > > We're still waiting for 4.0's "support footprint" to widen
> > > a bit more before subjecting people to it by default.  Hopefully
> > > by 4.5.
> > 
> > Are you really considering using XFree86 4.x in FreeBSD-4.5?
> > When I asked you about this in the past, you had said you wanted to keep
> > the same X in RELENG_4 (presumable to not "rock the boat" mid-branch).
> 
> isn't it possible to provide both versions and left the user to
> choice between both w/ a information box relating problems found
> in the one or the other ?

There are issues for the pre-compiled packages due to differences between
the two versions of XFree86.

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