Re: Reference to XFree86-4.4 not in doc: x11.en.xml, uguide.en.xml, faq.en.xml

Le 28 mai 2004, à 15:38, Alexander K. Hansen a écrit :

> On May 27, 2004, at 5:31 PM, Michèle Garoche wrote:
>
>> faq.en.xml,  <faqentry name="x-options">
>> similar problem in uguide, and x11
>>
>> A: ... Apple's X11,  which is a modification of XFree86-4.2.1, and 
>> XFree86-4.3 are faster  than standard XFree86-4.2.1.1, but the latter 
>> is more stable. There is  also a modification of 4.2.1.1 with 
>> threading support added, which is  required by a few packages.
>>
>> Is not the current Apple's X11 a modification of XFree86-4.3?
>
> yes
>
>> How to rephrase it so that it integrates XFree86-4.4.
>>
>
> Perhaps mention that XFree86-4.4 has comparable speed to Apple's X11 
> and can run Apple's quartz-wm.
>
>> Currently, under Panther, Apple's X11 (on the third disk) is the  
>> only choice.
>> There is also XFree86-4.4.
>>
>
> Agreed--this should have been added a while ago.
>
>> Under Jaguar, the most popular choices, and the Fink packages to  
>> make them work are:
>> 	 	
>> 4.2.x built via Fink: install xfree86-base and  xfree86-rootless or 
>> xfree86-base-threaded  and xfree86-rootless-threaded (and the 
>> respective  -shlibs)
>> 	 	
>> 4.3.x built via Fink: install the xfree86 and  xfree86-shlibs packages
>> 	or 4.4?
>
> 4.4 isn't available as a Fink package on Jaguar.
>
>>  	
>> 4.2.x from Apple (User+SDK packages installed): install the  
>> system-xfree86 package
>> Theoretically this is no more possible, since beta X11 is out of date.
>>
>
> It's expired, but people still use it.  Also--the system-xfree86 
> package is no longer "installed", but automatically generated, so that 
> part of the wording should probably be changed.

Something like this?

A: All are variants on XFree86 (they're all based on the XFree86  
code), but have some slight differences between them. Apple's X11,  
which is a modification of XFree86-3, and XFree86-4.4, which has 
comparable speed to Apple's X11 and can run Apple's quartz-wm, are the 
fastest ones. XFree86-4.3 is faster than XFree86-4.2.1.1, but the 
latter is more stable. There is  also a modification of 4.2.1.1 with 
threading support added, which is  required by a few packages.

Under Panther you have the choice between:
	• Apple's X11 (on the third disk).Don't forget to install the X11 SDK 
(on the XCode disk) if you want to compile programs.
	• 4.4.x built via Fink: install the xfree86 and  xfree86-shlibs 
packages

Under Jaguar, the most popular choices, and the Fink packages to  make 
them work are:
	• 4.2.x built via Fink: install xfree86-base and  xfree86-rootless or 
xfree86-base-threaded  and xfree86-rootless-threaded (and the 
respective  -shlibs)
	• 4.3.x built via Fink: install the xfree86 and  xfree86-shlibs 
packages
	• 4.2.x from Apple (User+SDK packages installed): the system-xfree86 
package is automatically generated, do NOT install it.

There are other options, as well. There is a more extensive  treatment 
in the Running X11 document.

Michèle
<http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>