New subpackage xfig-Xaw3d

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Sat Nov 17 18:55:22 UTC 2007


Joachim Frieben wrote:
>> Who knows. It is always better to have a fallback known to work.
>> Moreover xfig is different from xdvi.
>>
>> --
>> Pat
> 
> In order to reconcile "safety first" and technical progress one should consider sticking to Xaw build for F8 and F7 and adopting a single Xaw3d build for F9/rawhide.
> Other distros have been using Xaw3d [which must have been around for more than a decade now] as standard widget library for xfig for a while already without any particular problems.


Okay,

I've enough input now, both with Xaw3d the default for rawhide and newer it 
will be.

If anyone disagrees he is free to ask Than to become xfig co-maintainer and 
make whatever changes he/she pleases once he/she is co-maintainer.

Regards,

Hans




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