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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:06:02 +0200
From:      Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
To:        Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com>
Cc:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, glenngombert@zdnetonebox.com
Subject:   Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4
Message-ID:  <20010918160602.B90244@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <200109181358.JAA25623@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>; from bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:58:11AM -0400
References:  <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200109181358.JAA25623@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>

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Thus spake Robert Withrow (bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com):

> I know it is slimy, but couldn't there be a dummy "port" just
> called "XFree86" that is what most other ports depend on?  The minority
> of ports that actually care what version of X is installed could always
> use the version-specific names...

Would be nice if we had a package system that lets you just install
- let me call them - "features", such as a "XFree86" feature, other
ports could depend on.   Multiple packages could supply this feature
then and ports could also say if they depend on a specific version.

Alex,
hiding in a dark corner.

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