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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] XFree 4.4
From:       Scharf Yuval <scharf () cs ! Technion ! AC ! IL>
Date:       2004-02-29 21:45:41
Message-ID: 20040229214541.GA26257 () csd ! cs ! technion ! ac ! il
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On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:39:35PM +0000, Matt Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 21:33, Scharf Yuval wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > There is a long thread about their license.
> > 
> > But, is it good?
> 
> Erm, define 'good' :) It's a windowing system if that's any help.

I know that. I'm asking by how much is it better than Xfree 4.3.

> 
> > Should one bother to upgrade( if we ignore the license issue)?
> 
> Well, I would imagine that considering this is gentoo-user and Gentoo
> doesn't have any 4.4 ebuilds available, I'd recommend asking elsewhere.

Why? A gentoo user will know how difficult it is going to be to maintain a system \
with XFree not build by portage. Maybe someone is going to write an "unofficial" \
ebuild. Is it possible?  
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