[Xquartz-dev] 2.3.0-rc6

[Martin Costabel]

Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> So this is the brown bag release.
> 
> Yes, it does contain everything this time (meaning the libs that  
> didn't get rolled into the rc5 pkg).
> Additionally, the .la files are included and not deleted.  Unless  
> there is violent objection, I intend to keep shipping them in the  
> MacOSForge packages for Leopard but not include them in X11 with  
> SnowLeopard.

The argument remains valid: If you remove the *.la files, you cut off 
any upgrade path. Now I don't know if Macports cares about upgradability 
from Leopard to SnowLeopard, but I know that Fink does. Your move will 
be a major headache for anyone compiling  software on their own Mac.

BTW, I just finished installing xcode-3.1, and there the size of 
X11SDK.pkg is 972KB, about the size of the xterm executable. It is by 
now patently absurd to keep this as a separate package, updated 
independently of the rest of X11.

-- 
Martin