cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 chapter.sgml

Marc Fonvieille blackend at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jun 27 19:51:20 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:40:56PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 05:39:06PM +0000, Remko Lodder wrote:
> >> remko       2007-06-27 17:39:06 UTC
> >>
> >>   FreeBSD doc repository
> >>
> >>   Modified files:
> >>     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 chapter.sgml 
> >>   Log:
> >>   Correct the references to xdm and x-libraries which changed to /usr/local.
> >>
> > 
> > I see one problem with this change and the first sentence of the
> > Handbook:
> > "Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to
> > day use of FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE."
> > I think we should wait for new releases directly supporting Xorg 7.2
> > before attempting to update this chapter, this will avoid problems for
> > the newcomers to FreeBSD.
> > 
> 
> The versions mentioned support Xorg 7.2, we should not lie about them,
> but your opinion is denoted, thanks for that.
>

My opinion does not count, the only thing that counts is the fact that
if one installs FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE or FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE via the
CD/DVD/ISO and use the packages from these supports there will be a
problem with what is now written in the Handbook.

-- 
Marc


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