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Re: switching remaining platforms to modular X by default



On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 04:11:06PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> I don't have a proposal. I'm just pointing out that your proposal of
> making modular X11 the default but keep native X11 support is not
> going to work.
> 
> It seems that these are the only two options that will work:
> 
> 1.) Either native X11 stays the default for NetBSD and other appropriate
>     platforms and we support it properly. This would e.g. require to
>     fix the problem caused by the latest "pango" update (which is *not*
>     fixed).

Since if pango is fixed or not is not the point of the discussion, we need 
volunteers for this now, please. Any takers?
 Thomas

> 2.) We completely stop supporting native X11 on any platforms. This
>     requires coordination with the "xsrc" maintainers of the base system.
> 
>       Kind regards
> 
> -- 
> Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/
> 


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