[Xquartz-dev] X11 2.2.0_rc1

[Martin Costabel]

Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> 
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 14:47, Martin Costabel wrote:
>> Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>> []
>>> I will not be re-adding xmkmf and imake as a workaround for this 
>>> issue.  The real fix is to autoconf.
>>
>> Then please announce this clearly in the release notes so that people 
>> wondering why their packages don't build any more can get a clue.
> 
> I don't understand.  Why would their packages fail to build anymore?  I 
> suspect most people will install this just like past releases (all of 
> which didn't include xmkmf and imake) over an existing X11 install.  I 
> will mention in the release notes that xmkmf and imake are being removed.

Most people, perhaps, but there will be enough others. I was thinking of 
people reading your original announcement:

> This is a *FULL* release, not just an update.  
> You can install this if you have no existing X11 on your system 

I, for one, read this and moved my original /usr/X11 aside before 
installing 2.2.0-rc1. I suspect others will have done the same.

Plus, this will be the only full X11 available for download, so there 
will be many using this for a fresh install of X11 instead of the one 
from their Leopard system disks they can't find any more. You certainly 
remember having seen several people on the x11-users list who even tried 
to install the X11User.pkg for OSX 10.3 on 10.4 or 10.5, just because it 
is currently the only X11 available for download from Apple.

-- 
Martin