Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:02:49 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jhs@FreeBSD.org Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xditview Message-ID: <199606210232.MAA08211@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606200105.DAA04427@vector.jhs.no_domain> from "Julian H. Stacey" at Jun 20, 96 03:05:38 am
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Julian H. Stacey stands accused of saying: > It's unprofessional to toss out functionality, without careful > consideration & list discussion, now we realise that at least 2 previous > public releases of our FreeBSD product has offered xditview facility > to users. Actually, the basic premise "No X code in the base tree" was established some time ago. Personally, I wouldn't mind having an _optional_ category for base system components that were X-dependent for things like gxditview, Tk, pTk etc. However this is something that should be done properly, and in the meantime the systematic removal of all X code is a wise start. > Julian -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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