X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: r1591 - in trunk/debian: . local
Author: branden
Date: 2004-06-30 16:34:53 -0500 (Wed, 30 Jun 2004)
New Revision: 1591
Modified:
trunk/debian/CHANGESETS
trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml
Log:
Update description of freedesktop.org, courtesy of Adam Jackson.
Link to freedesktop.org's website.
Modified: trunk/debian/CHANGESETS
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/CHANGESETS 2004-06-30 19:00:36 UTC (rev 1590)
+++ trunk/debian/CHANGESETS 2004-06-30 21:34:53 UTC (rev 1591)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
1569
Miscellaneous cosmetic fixes.
- 1570, 1575, 1577, 1578, 1581, 1590
+ 1570, 1575, 1577, 1578, 1581, 1590, 1591
Update FAQ entry:
+ What is the X Window System?
Modified: trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml 2004-06-30 19:00:36 UTC (rev 1590)
+++ trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml 2004-06-30 21:34:53 UTC (rev 1591)
@@ -422,15 +422,18 @@
<p>In its own words:</p>
-<blockquote><code class="other">freedesktop.org</code> is a free software
+<blockquote><code class="other"><a
+href="http://www.freedesktop.org";>freedesktop.org</a></code> is a free software
project to work on interoperability and shared technology for desktop
environments for the X Window System.</blockquote>
-<p><code class="other">freedesktop.org</code> is perhaps best-known for hosting
-an overhauled and modularized SI of the X Window System, one which significantly
-diverges in implementation detail from the traditional SIs of XFree86 and X.Org.
-As of this writing (June 2004), <code class="other">freedesktop.org</code>'s
-modular SI is still under development.</p>
+<p><code class="other">freedesktop.org</code> hosts several X server
+implementations: among them the X.Org Foundation's <code
+class="other">Xorg</code>, derived from the <code class="other">XFree86</code> X
+server; <code class="other">Xserver</code>, a <code
+class="other">kdrive</code>-based X server; and <code
+class="other">Debrix</code>, a rework of the <code class="other">Xorg</code>
+server using the GNU autotools instead of Imake.</p>
<h3><a id="xorg">What is X.Org?</a></h3>
@@ -2526,8 +2529,8 @@
<h2><a id="acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></h2>
<p>The author would like to thank Andreas Metzler, Guillem Jover, Ingo Saitz,
-Osamu Aoki, Matthew Arnison, Colin Walters, Steve Swales, and "ulisses" for
-their contributions to this document.</p>
+Osamu Aoki, Matthew Arnison, Colin Walters, Steve Swales, Adam Jackson, and
+"ulisses" for their contributions to this document.</p>
<hr />
<p class="x-small">$Id$</p>
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