Re: Future of X ?

There is the perception that until a release is "official" it's
unstable no matter how stable CVS code may be.  often distros won't
ship a cvs version of a app even if it is more stable or provides more
functionality than any relased version simply because it not
"released."


--- georgina o economou <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:55:28 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [forum] Future of X ?
>  
> On Don, 2003-03-20 at 17:29, [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > 1) Many Linux distros (and even more users) are running a less than
> current
> > version of Xfree. If more developers are being looked at, tasking
> some of
> them
> > to look after whatever version is the commonly installed version
> (when it
> is 
> > not the latest and greatest) could be a boon, both for users and
> the
> > perception of Xfree itself.
> 
> Good idea, I think we could use frequent bugfix releases, in
> particular
> now that a bunch of more or less serious problems seem to have crept
> into 4.3.0.
> 
> 
> But why not just pull from the CVS?  You must know how.....
> 
> 
> Georgina 


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!
http://platinum.yahoo.com