== Tabitha McNerney wrote on Mon 20.Aug'12 at 1:00:59 -0500 == > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Tabitha McNerney > > <tabith...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> 3.) After creating this new instance of Mountain Lion, I was bewildered > >> when I saw in the Launchpad an X11 icon. I double clicked the X11 icon and > >> an alert panel asked me if I wanted to install it (I decided not to because > >> I wanted to understand why X11 as an install option was > >> > > > > I am under the impression there is a dummy that installs XQuartz when > > invoked, to make life easier for people expecting X11.app to be there. > > Likewise the binaries under /usr/X11 advise the user to install XQuartz if > > invoked. > > > > In short, Apple is no longer preinstalling an out-of-date XQuartz, but > > just referring people to the real thing. > > > > Thanks for the update on how Apple is handling X11, this makes sense that a > lot of people might be expecting X11 so its essentially a placeholder that > links to XQuartz (I'll have to try it out the next time I'm booted into > Mountain Lion).
It's interesting reading posts like this and learning about others' experiences with upgrading OS X. I have to say, the changes they make like the one discussed in this thread I find a little worrying. I wonder about the direction they're taking the OS X platform. I mean I like it purely because of its UNIX subsystem. iOS, etc, completely takes that away from the user so I hope that won't happen with OS X releases in the future. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users