Re: [gentoo-dev] x86 2004.2 Profile

[Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@skylineaero.com>]

Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 13:15, John Davis wrote:
> When was the last time someone suggest switching from gcc to icc as our
> default compiler mid-release?  That's right... never.
> 
> You're comparing apples to oranges.  I'm not talking about the
> stabilization/change of a package *version* but rather of the change in
> what many consider an essential function from one package to another. 
> While it may seem like a small thing to you, when I install from a
> 2004.1 CD, I know that I'll end up with xfree when I go to install X. 
> *THIS SHOULD NOT CHANGE*
> We are all well aware that the *version* of xfree (or any other package,
> for that matter) may change during the time since release, but the
> actual packages themselves should be the same.  The only exception to
> this would be in the case of the original package being completely
> removed from the tree.

I don't understand why the switch from xfree to xorg-x11 is a big deal. They are 
  currently source and binary compatible. Almost everything (if not everything) 
works the same with xorg-x11 as it did with xfree.

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