tomcat & mouse problems

[Julian Stecklina]

Chuck Robey <chuckr at telenix.org> writes:

> Tell me, I haven't followed much of the history about Xfree86 the last few years
> (far more concerned with serious health problems), do you know why there aren't
> any Xfree86 ports in our ports anymore?  I checked, they ARE releasing new
> software, it works, it actually builds far, far faster/easier, howcome our ports
> are ignoring Xfree86 in favor of Xorg?  Not being fascetious here, I really
> don't know.  I'm thinking I would like to experiment to see if the Xfree86 stuff
> works for my mouse better, but I would really rather use our ports, than getting
> a release directly from XFree86 (I don't think they even have FreeBSD binaries
> anymore).

I guess since the license fight that caused the fork most consider
XFree86 obsolete. It is said that most development takes place in X.org
at the moment.

Regards,
-- 
Julian Stecklina

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violent psychopath who knows where you live. - Martin Golding