Oops, forgot to send this on last week. (Remembered as I remembered I'm late on getting out this week's updated.)
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Indiana X/FOX status [3/13/08] Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:55:33 -0700 From: Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> Nevada build 86 (X packages available for testing now) will have: - X11R7/open-source/redistributable versions of: libXt libXext libXevie libXscrnsaver xlogo This should complete the most needed X11 libraries, making the Nevada ones redistributable & the FOX ones using the same sources, and ensure binary compatibility between Solaris & Indiana. The only X11 libraries that are not yet in sync with the FOX gate/X11R7, and thus not yet cleared for redistribution, as of build 86 are: libFS - client library for X font server protocol libXIE - obsolete X Image Extension library libXaw - ancient Athena Widgets toolkit libXinput - obsolete previous version of libXi libXp - X Print extension library libXtsol - Solaris Trusted Extensions X extension libdga - Xsun Direct Graphics Access extension libdps/libdpstk/libdpstkXm/libpsres - Xsun Display Postscript extension libowconfig - Xsun OWconfig configuration file parsing/editing libxrx - "Broadway" extension for embedding X apps in web pages These are not widely used, and many are probably redistributable given some quick investigation to make sure they have nothing beyond the old X11R6 sources with Sun's bug fixes. The only one I think JDS uses is libXtsol, which Sun has released as open source, so we already know is redistributable. Thus I think JDS should be able to build on nv_86 X packages for deliveries to both Nevada & Indiana, no longer needing a separate FOX-based build environment for Indiana. - Updates to X consolidation SVR4 package Copyright files to incorporate license data from the components for which a license file is included in the upstream distribution. (i.e. some, but not all - many have a placeholder notice saying "See the individual source files for license terms".) - Updated versions of several existing packages: - 6671784 Upgrade libXrender from 0.9.2 to 0.9.4 - 6673045 upgrade xf86-video-nv to 2.1.8 (adds GeForce 9600 GT support) - 6673505 Update deja vu fonts to 2.24 - 6476054 Upgrade fontconfig to 2.5.0 - Some bonus glitzy OpenGL screensavers we picked out during the CoolStart project, but hadn't gotten around to integrating until now <http://rss-glx.sf.net/screenshots.shtml> What's next: - Determining redistributability of remaining components - Providing updated information about which X packages can be taken directly from Nevada (either in whole or in part) for nv_85, and possibly doing so under the new package names we've discussed. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
