Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 23:05:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: X11 issues (XFree86-libs port uploaded) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005142301430.10096-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <20000514151256.N82488@argon.blackdawn.com>
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On Sun, 14 May 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > Hello, > > I have successfully created a XFree86-libs port which builds, installs, and > links correctly with various graphics libraries and one windowmanager > (window maker), as well as python and gd. I am posting the tarball for this > port at (and its tarball at ~will/distfiles/XFree86-libs-3.3.6.tar.gz): > > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~will/XFree86-libs.tar.gz > Thoughts, comments, scornful remarks? I've spent some time thinking about it, trying to see why breaking it up into smaller chunks might be a good thing. About the only arguments I can see are negative ones, reasons why I'd much rather have more confidence that most people were required by the port to install ALL of XFree86. Could you talk a bit about why you think breaking the port up could be regarded as a good thing? I'm not sure why breaking it up would be a needed first step in having our own setup (if someone wanted to do that). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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