On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 02:04:52PM -0800, Jon Kent wrote: > > Could you run X 4.2 in, say, s390 that date? FYI, > > X is supported in 11 > > archs in Debian, a lot more than upstream > > supports. > Ah, now this is an interesting point. I understand > that X4.2 got delayed as it was not ready across all > platforms. However i386 was ready but not relased > until a far later date. I sorta understand this, but > i386 is by far the most used Linux platform, so > delaying it 'cos is not running under PPC seems a bit > mad to me IMHO. So, volunteer your time and start packaging xserver-xfree86-experimental, if you think that's feasible. Just because the X maintainer chooses to give priority to keeping architectures in sync doesn't mean that it's not possible to provide structure within Debian that users of newer x86 hardware can't benefit from. However, you have no call to criticize Branden's priorities if you're not willing to commit your own time to improving Debian. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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