From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 27 16: 4:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1573F14F37 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:04:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asami@cs.berkeley.edu) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA22226; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:02:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: from sji-ca4-70.ix.netcom.com(205.186.212.198) by dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma022186; Tue Jul 27 18:02:20 1999 Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (8.9.3/8.6.9) id QAA39262; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:02:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:02:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907272302.QAA39262@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: silvia.hip.berkeley.edu: asami set sender to asami@cs.berkeley.edu using -f To: vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, Doug@gorean.org, sheldonh@uunet.co.za, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <19990727170209.B37558@mad> (message from Tim Vanderhoek on Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:02:09 -0400) Subject: Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org? From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) References: <379D4684.FE083FB@gorean.org> <2990.933096760@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990727170209.B37558@mad> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * From: Tim Vanderhoek * I can claim a bit of the responsibility. It was done after Sue Blake * complained that there was no way to distinguish packages requiring X * from those that didn't. I wrote some extended message discussing * different types of dependencies, and then Satoshi wrote the change. * * However, my archives show I pointed-out the problem (with possible * solutions) from the start. Perhaps I would have been more urgent if * I'd forseen the future, but it's one of those things you look at and * figure "ah, it's so Freaking obvious that someone will fix it". * * The change was made long before the release and there was plenty of * time to fix any breakage. It was just never fixed. Ok, but also note that there aren't any dependencies left in packages anymore. I intend to ressurect those when the XFree86 port is broken up into more manageable chunks, but until then, the packages will ship with no XFree86 dependencies. Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message