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Re: X.org <-----> Xfree



At Mon, 13 Dec 2004 05:53:03 -0800,
Steve Lamb wrote:
> 
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> On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 12:59 +0000, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > Johan Kullstam <kullstj-ml@comcast.net> wrote:
> > (uppercase drivel deleted).
> 
>     Maybe you should spend more time reading such "drivel" and less time
> spewing drivel, eh?
> 
> > You didn't state that you tested with XFree86 4.4 - which is the appropriate
> > comparison.  Comparing with 4.3 is not.
> 
>     Considering that the latest package for Debian is 4.3 even in the

Actually IIRC the debian XFree package is much closer to 4.4 then it is to
4.3. I think its the 4.4 rc (before the introduction of the license changes)
along with some bug fixes etc.

> unstable tree it is quite an appropriate comparison.  IIRC isn't 4.4
> non-grata when it comes to Debian because of the license change?  If so
> what merits 4.4 might have are utterly irrelevant.
> 
> -- 
> Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org>
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