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Re: make modular X11 the default on NetBSD



On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 02:56:49PM -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I'd like to propose setting X11_TYPE=modular for NetBSD. It is 
> convenient to have packages for X11 that don't depend on a base system. 
> It is convenient to be able to upgrade or maintain individual 
> dependencies. I think that users of xsrc can still use their X server 
> and installed X without much problem of using binary packages built with 
> X11_TYPE=modular.

I strongly dissagree. NetBSD ships with X11, this should be the one
used by default. I don't want to get a second copy of X11 when installing
packages.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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