Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!arisia!roo!janssen From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: what's most important to you for R5? Message-ID: Date: 6 Jul 90 03:49:02 GMT References: <1336@pai.UUCP> <1990Jul4.125628.16560@eng.umd.edu> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 23 In-reply-to: stripes@eng.umd.edu's message of 4 Jul 90 12:56:28 GMT In article <1990Jul4.125628.16560@eng.umd.edu> stripes@eng.umd.edu (Joshua Osborne) writes: In article <1336@pai.UUCP> erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes: >5) Contrib code that compiles on the new release. Perhaps the contrib >tape(s) should be released after the core release (by about a month, say). Please don't do this. I had 50% of what was in X11R4/contrib/clients up in less then 9 days after the Release (about 6 days after I got a disk big 'nuf to play with the Release). I don't mind the work, I got alot of neat programs, and learned a bit about X11R4 by doing it. It was a "Good Thing". I was a little disapointed when my patches didn't match the authors, mabie next time :-) Please *do* do this. I do mind the work, I'd like to have 100% of the programs work, they'll still be neat, and the authors' patches will match my sources. Nice timing for a reminder on this topic, Eric. Bill -- Bill Janssen janssen@parc.xerox.com (415) 494-4763 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304