From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 21:37:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09ADE16A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:37:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lewis.lclark.edu (sunfire.lclark.edu [149.175.1.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB1F443D2F for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:37:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from lotr10.lclark.edu ([149.175.51.110]) by lewis.lclark.edu (SAVSMTP 3.1.1.32) with SMTP id M2004070514364402766 ; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:36:44 -0700 From: eta To: Dejan Lesjak In-Reply-To: <200407052327.04593.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> References: <200407051055.i65AtAbD023877@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de> <200407052327.04593.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1089063404.30127.84.camel@lotr10.lclark.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 05 Jul 2004 14:36:45 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Q: state of the X (as related to fbsd). X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:37:19 -0000 On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 14:27, Dejan Lesjak wrote: > On Monday 05 of July 2004 12:55, Klaus Robert Suetterlin wrote: > > Dear Dejan Lasjak, > > > > thanks for abusing this thread, to provide some in depth insight > > on the ports part of the story. Please allow me to abuse this to > > jump at You with more questions. > > > > Do I understand You correctly that: > > > > 1) Soon (before end of July) ports will have a system that allows > > to use either X.org or XFree86, at users choice. > > > > 2) Soon (before end of July) dri will get updated in ports. > > > > 3) Soon (before end of July) Xfree86-4-clients gets a patch that > > repairs xdm under FreeBSD-4.10. > > > > 4) Soon (see above) XFree86 will get upgraded to 4.4(.0). > > > > 5) There is no need for helping hands, as the most competent persons > > are already working their ass off to get everything done right (tm). > > > > Regards, Robert S. > > The users choice between XFree86 and X.Org will be possible with the patch > Eric Anholt posted in thread "dependency fixing for xorg stuff". > The patch for xdm should be there when XFree86 ports are upgraded to 4.4. > As for when will this happen, I would really rather not try to guess. > And I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that there's always need for helping > hands :) > Although these answers are probably not entirely what you were hoping for, > it's more or less all I can sayright now. Perhaps someone else can correct me > and/or add something to this. It sounds like Mark Linimon has stepped up to help push the XFree86 4.4 ports through bento testing and commit, so it should be soon now.