Disable xterm and XRX builds per default / [Fwd: CVS Update: xc (branch: trunk)]

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 10:27:46AM +1100, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:48:10AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > > Xterm is a particularly egregious case here -- while the other external
> > > packages are included because X.org packages depend on them, Xterm is
> > > included purely because it used to be maintained by X consortium staff.
> > > It has not been maintained by anyone within the XFree86 or X.org trees for
> > > many years.
> > 
> > that's odd, since there are a few hundred commits in XFree86 tree for xterm.
> 
> Xterm patch #198 (Thomas Dickey).
> 
> hardly enlightening :-), you maintain xterm in a separate tree and it

and not really my point.  poorly phrased comments like that tend to be
regurgitated as such, e.g., (no need to mention which said this):

	you will care about this a lot less once you stop using xterm and start
	using something a decade or two less obsolete like, well, anything
	else.  For example, gnome-terminal.  xterm is completely unmaintained;
	I don't know why they even ship it any more.

> is imported into XFree86 (maybe by you but none the less you don't
> develop it in their tree...)

I maintain local RCS's of each of the programs I maintain, true - and make
available versions which appear to be stable - it's a development practice
which appears to be underappreciated.  For some people, having an archive in a
publicly readable CVS serves their purpose.

> moving xterm into extra from programs would at least clearly point out
> that it is an external tree that is imported into Xorg every so often
> as opposed to Xorg being the one true version (or XFree86 for that
> matter)...
> 
> btw if you want commit privs to Xorg I'm sure there would be no problems...

not at this time.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
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