On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 04:09:21AM +0100, Samuel Hocevar wrote:
> Now that XFree 4 has made it into woody, should we compile new
> packages against it ? Will XFree 3.3 disappear, or will we have two
> versions of XFree in woody ? ${shlibs:Depends} will say `xlibs (>=
> 4.0.1)', is this acceptable for current packages ?
It will actually say "xlibs (>= 4.0.1-1)".
> I have at least one package that works well under XFree 3.3 but barfs
> completely on XFree4, whether compiled under X4 or X3.3. I did not
> manage to have both versions installed, so it's a real PITA to debug
> (remote debugging would not work, nor would Xnest-like tricks), should
> we say goodbye to XFree 3 ?
The XFree86 version 3 packages will stick around for a while. On i386, to
provide the libc5-compat X libraries and to provide a few legacy X servers,
and on alpha to provide a few legacy servers.
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