Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:00:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Klaus Robert Suetterlin <robert@mpe.mpg.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: state of the X (as related to fbsd). Message-ID: <20040702144516.M17792@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <200407020935.i629Zl0B010122@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de> References: <200407020935.i629Zl0B010122@robert2.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
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On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Klaus Robert Suetterlin wrote:
> 1) Why should anyone (I) use the Xorg software bundle? I mean
> ``really''. I mean ``today''.
>
> 2) Is there some kind of (in)official decision to choose one over
> the other? Or is there a strong personal feeling of the X11 (and
> related technology) maintainers involved?
>
> 3) What keeps the XFree86-4(.4.0) port update from beeing committed?
These are *my* personal feelings:
1) Because this is the first serious alternative to XFree86.
*Perhaps* something will work better, faster or different.
2) I hope not: GUIs belong to userland and which kind of beasts
live in userland should be decided by the people who invest
their time in porting them.
3) I don't know how to write ports, and if I had the time to
learn it, I would start with something simplier than
XFree86-4. What about you?
Regards,
Uli.
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