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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 would prefer to keep the builtin default on -current, but switch to modular
for release branches of NetBSD. This will result in more testing of both
variants.

Martin


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