[fink-core] DRAFT: XFree86 4.4 Available in 10.3 Unstable

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XFree86 4.4 Now Available in 10.3 Unstable
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The latest XFree86 X11 server, XFree86 4.4, is now available in Fink
unstable for Panther.

For more information on XFree86 4.4, see the release notes at:

   http://www.xfree86.org/rel440.html

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Licensing
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Recently there has been a lot of discussion on the licensing changes
the XFree86 team has made. After careful consideration and
discussion with the XFree86 maintainer for Mac OS X, it was decided
that the licensing issues do not affect Fink's packaging policy in
any tangible way, and that Fink would release XFree86 4.4 packages.

We would, certainly welcome it if the XFree86 team reverted their
license.  We are, however, merely acknowledging that not distributing
the recent XFree86 release would do no good for our users.  If you're 
interested in why and how the Fink team came to this decision, see the
fink-core discussion threads here:

   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.core/172
   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.core/178

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Availability
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XFree86 4.4 is available in the 10.3 unstable tree. XFree86 4.4 is
not officially supported on 10.2-gcc3.3 to ease maintenance for 10.2
package maintainers.  Users wanting XFree86 4.4 on Jaguar can still
download the XFree86 binary packages from the XFree86.org web or FTP
sites; system-xfree86 is fully capable of detecting and using an
XFree86 4.4 that has been manually installed.

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Installation
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To install these packages you will need to update your package
listings, by doing:

   fink selfupdate

(You must have unstable enabled, and be configured to pull packages
through CVS or RSync, not just updating at "point release".)

For more information on enabling unstable, see:

   http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/conf.php#optional

Once you have a fresh package listing, you can update your xfree86
4.3.99 packages by running "fink update-all" if you have an existing
XFree86 installation. Otherwise, see the information on installing or
replacing X11 in the Fink X11 documentation, at:

   http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/inst-xfree86.php



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