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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 13:15, John Davis wrote: |
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> When was the last time someone suggest switching from gcc to icc as our |
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> default compiler mid-release? That's right... never. |
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> You're comparing apples to oranges. I'm not talking about the |
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> stabilization/change of a package *version* but rather of the change in |
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> what many consider an essential function from one package to another. |
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> While it may seem like a small thing to you, when I install from a |
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> 2004.1 CD, I know that I'll end up with xfree when I go to install X. |
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> *THIS SHOULD NOT CHANGE* |
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> We are all well aware that the *version* of xfree (or any other package, |
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> for that matter) may change during the time since release, but the |
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> actual packages themselves should be the same. The only exception to |
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> this would be in the case of the original package being completely |
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> removed from the tree. |
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I don't understand why the switch from xfree to xorg-x11 is a big deal. They are |
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currently source and binary compatible. Almost everything (if not everything) |
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works the same with xorg-x11 as it did with xfree. |
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