From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 9 21:31:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA04339 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA04333 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id OAA29818; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:30:42 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19970910143042.08357@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:30:42 +1000 From: David Dawes To: Satoshi Asami Cc: jacob@jblhome.ping.dk, ssigala@globalnet.it, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My FreeBSD Wish List... References: <8767safewy.fsf@pippin.jblhome.ping.dk> <199709092121.OAA29539@vader.cs.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199709092121.OAA29539@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 02:21:27PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 02:21:27PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * Well, actually there is. After compiling and installing the X11 > * distribution, you teach Imake to install future programs/libs/header > * files/whatever in another tree; you teach Imake to look for include > * files, libraries, whatever in the old tree too. > >Of course. That's what I said -- we need to change the Imake config >to make it happen. It is conceivable that we ship our releases with >those tweaked Imake config files. > >However, I don't think it is feasible for us to stray away from the >standard X11R6/XFree86 distributions in such a major way. That is >bound to cause too much confusion ("help, I installed the new XFree86 >from ftp.xfree86.org, and my X ports don't work!!!"). > >If enough people request the XFree86 folks, maybe they will change >it. But let me reiterate, this is no a FreeBSD ports issue, it is an >XFree86 issue, so please don't bring it up here. I'm still waiting for someone to make these changes and submit them to us at XFree86. XFree86 is a bit like FreeBSD in that new features are more likely to appear when those most interested in them implement them. I personally would very much like to see this sort of thing implemented, but I have too many other higher priority things to deal with to be able to do it myself in the forseeable future. I will however review any proposed changes, and, if they are well implemented, see that they get included in a future XFree86 release. On a partly related note, a future XFree86 release will put config files (like xdm config files for example) in a directory hierarchy below /var (most likely /var/X11). It is possible that future X11 releases from The Open Group will do this too. This will make it easier to use a read-only /usr/X11R6. None of this has been set in stone yet, so if anyone has any comments about this, please let me know. David