On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:37:48AM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Brian Dessent wrote: > | Do you think git users are going to be thrilled about having to now > | install and run the whole X11 server enchalada just to run gitk on > | Windows? The current GDI tcl/tk is a double-edged sword: ancient, yes, > | but also quite convenient. > > Not always so convenient, actually. For one, some packages assume that > tk is X11 based: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2008-08/msg00018.html > > Secondly, GDI and Cygwin don't always make a good mix, e.g.: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-07/msg00457.html > > Just to name a few recent incidents. > > As for the installation requirements, remember that the new X11 will be > modular, and since tk only requires libX11, the install will be much > lighter than in the past.
We may have a modular X eventually but without a real supported server I think we still have a problem here. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
