[Xquartz-dev] X11 2.1.0

Ben Byer bbyer at apple.com
Sat Dec 1 21:33:45 PST 2007


On Dec 1, 2007, at 9:31 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

>>> 1.  What's the difference between xvfb and xfake?   How about  
>>> xnest and Xephyr?   I'm asking, because I'm trying to figure out  
>>> what we (Apple) need to pick up for a future update.
>>
>> I dunno... I just work here...
>
> Looks like Xvfb and Xnest are dated and unmaintained... and Xephyr  
> and Xfake do all that they did plus more...  I'm guessing that we  
> should just include Xephyr and Xfake.  If people complain about the  
> missing Xnest/Xvfb and Xephyr/Xfake can't take care of their needs,  
> then it is probably a bug that needs to be fixed in Xephyr/Xfake.


Okay, that sounds like a plan to me.
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Ben Byer
CoreOS / BSD Technology Group, XDarwin maintainer



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