cvs commit: ports/x11 Makefile ports/x11/libXpm Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist

[Alexander Leidinger]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:32:46 -0800
Eric Anholt <anholt at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Yes, I really intend to replace XFree86's libraries with freedesktop.org
> libraries where there's an fd.o version available.

[good reasons why this will happen]

> This is not a fork of XFree86.  Notably, we (as in fd.o) don't have any
> fork of the XFree86 X Server*.  This is just the libraries.  There is an
> X Server at freedesktop.org, which shares the internal X Server parts
> but has different DDXs, along with the new extensions (fixes, damage,
> and composite).  I've been working off and on on porting that server,
> but I don't think I'll be able to finish it before I leave.  Xouvert is
> a dead project (if you can say it was ever alive to begin with) that no
> established X hackers worked on.
> 
> * This actually may change.  There's been talk, and one person hacking
> on, importing the XFree86 DDX into the X Server tree and fixing it to
> work with Composite.  I have serious doubts myself about the viability
> of trying to do minor fixes to XAA instead of axing it and starting from
> scratch, given its major limitations in the presence of Composite and
> increased use of Render, which is why I've been spending so much time on
> the kdrive server.

So you (fd.o) take the libs from XFree86 and just repack them with the
autotools? By reading fd.o (http://pdx.freedesktop.org/Software/X11) it
seems you want to improve them independently from XFree86. I don't think
this is bad, but IMHO it's a fork then.

Bye,
Alexander.

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