Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:18:00 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Randy Pratt" <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone still using x11-wm/fluxbox? Message-ID: <op.tcd5ka069aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20060708080711.777b349a.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> References: <op.tb4l8uu29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20060703191826.1cf56769.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> <20060708080711.777b349a.bsd-unix@earthlink.net>
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On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:07:11 -0500, Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:18:26 -0400 > Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:42:20 -0500 >> "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: >> >> > Hello folks, >> > >> > Fluxbox is now at 1.0rc2, so it is near ready to move from >> fluxbox-devel >> > to fluxbox. I am wondering if there is any users that still are using >> > x11-wm/fluxbox (0.1.14)? If yes, then I am happy to move from fluxbox >> to >> > something like fluxbox-old (got any better name?) but I will not >> maintain >> > it as I shall drop it to ports@FreeBSD.org. If I get no reply until >> > Fluxbox released at 1.0 then the 0.1.14 version will be gone for good. >> >> I'm using the older fluxbox and also know of a few others who are >> also dragging their feet. I've actually had my attention elsewhere >> and wasn't following the fluxbox-devel but I'll give it a whirl on a >> test box in the next few days. I doubt I'd request that the old >> version remain in the tree in any event since I'd keep it along with a >> few other local ports if I really wanted to stick with the old version. >> >> Thanks for the notice though so I can start paying attention :-) > > Just a follow-up to my previous comments. > > I switched to the fluxbox-devel-1.0rc2_1 version yesterday and have > not seen any problems. I left my old ~/.fluxbox directory and > configs and there didn't seem to be any problems. No reason that > I can see to keep the old version around. Thanks for check. There only will be a small issue related with the rename of bsetroot to fbsetroot that might causing some old theme not work any longer. I will copying some of pkg-message (ATTENTION part) in /usr/ports/UPDATING when fluxbox-devel merges into fluxbox. Cheers, Mezz > Randy -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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