----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Middleditch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01
> Civileme wrote:
>
> > As I recall, the release of XFree86 4.0 made it just under the wire for
the 7.1 code
> > freeze. You will find terms not used in a standard manner here. For
example, the
> > "beta" of development is just frozen code--nothing new to be added, but
it does NOT
> > mean that all the in-house discoverable bugs have been found. Some
beta-testers have
> > been bitterly critical about that but it was just the most appropriate
term to use
> > which approximately paralleled a radically different development model.
Snapshot is
> > snapshot--not nightly build, and it means that there was not adequate
time before the
> > code freeze to do anything to the release--so the debugging was short.
If you decide
> > to hang around, the terms will take on new meanings or perhaps you will
invent some
> > terms for the folks to use which describes the development system and
its aspects and
> > products.
> >
> > Civileme
>
> OK. That makes a lot of sense. I'll take you word for it. ~,^
>
> BTW, speaking of XFree86 4.0, I still haven't upgraded to the 4.01 RPMs
(although I
> donwloaded them). I am wondering, what about X-Libs and such packages...
the only 4.01
> packages on the Cooker mirrors are XFree86-server and the 3dfx driver.
Why are all the
> other packages still 3.3.6? I am of the understanding that all those
packages have been
> changed since 3.3.6, and they'd all have to be upgraded... seeing as how
XF85 4.0 is
> working fine on my system with only XFree86-4.0-server installed, I see
that's not quite
> the case. Does that oen package install ALL the XFree86 4.01 software
(which the file
> size certainly doesn't suggest), or what? I'm incredably confused... (and
still pretty
> determined to just install with tarball like I did with MDK 7.0...)
>
> Sean Middleditch
>
>
xfree document says prereq 4.0
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