Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:38:37 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: USE_X_PREFIX Message-ID: <20040417003837.GB93908@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404161932460.7224-100000@pancho> References: <20040416231307.GA92313@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404161932460.7224-100000@pancho>
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 07:35:12PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> > To be correct it should probably be
> >
> > PREFIX?= ${X11BASE} # This port itself does not require Xlib
> > .if ${XFREE86_VERSION} == 3
> > MTREE_FILE= /etc/mtree/BSD.x11.dist
> > .else
> > MTREE_FILE= /etc/mtree/BSD.x11-4.dist
> > .endif
>
> With a new release of XFree86 on the way, as well as the new refactored
> codebase from freedesktop.org, does it still make sense to try to support
> this older version? Is the only advantage that some older video cards
> are not supported in the later versions?
Some people still use it for that reason, so I don't think we should
actively break support when it doesn't cost much.
Kris
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