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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:08:01 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20070627200801.GD34249@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <4682C040.3080701@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200706271739.l5RHd6sZ076571@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070627193513.GB34249@abigail.blackend.org> <4682BD48.2090805@FreeBSD.org> <20070627195117.GC34249@abigail.blackend.org> <4682C040.3080701@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:53:36PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> >>> I see one problem with this change and the first sentence of the
> >>> Handbook:
> >>> "Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to
> >>> day use of FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE."
> >>> I think we should wait for new releases directly supporting Xorg 7.2
> >>> before attempting to update this chapter, this will avoid problems for
> >>> the newcomers to FreeBSD.
> >>>
> >> The versions mentioned support Xorg 7.2, we should not lie about them,
> >> but your opinion is denoted, thanks for that.
> >>
> > 
> > My opinion does not count, the only thing that counts is the fact that
> > if one installs FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE or FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE via the
> > CD/DVD/ISO and use the packages from these supports there will be a
> > problem with what is now written in the Handbook.
> > 
> 
> ports are never up to date in whatever release, if this is a problem
> we should add a note about this instead of hiding the fact.
>

Ports?  I never talked about ports.  I just meant someone that installs a
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE from CD (which is the way most of non-experts use)
and installs all his applications and of course X11 from the packages
available on these CDs, then the informations for the fonts or xdm will be
just wrong.

-- 
Marc



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