On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 06:36:54PM +0100, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > Some of us are particularly keen on getting the 4.0.2 client libraries > (particularly Xlib and Xaw) as well as the most recent version of > XTerm into a Debian release as soon as possible. There has also been > a lot of improvement in the selection of available fonts, especially > for non-Latin-1 users. OT: can you tell me how to get the applications use fonts as in 3.3.6? Especially in gnome-addressbook, the font it uses now is UGLY and way to large (resulting in the return of a parcel I sent to another developer because I forgot a number in his address...). gnome-addressbooks docs were not very informative.
> (Actually, I'd like to see next week's XTerm in Debian. There are > some pretty sweet patches pending.) I have a problem with uploading _next_ weeks xterm _now ;-) > Forgive me if I misunderstand your question, but there is no problem > at all with running XFree86 4 client-side with a 3.3.6 server (or a > non-XFree86 server, for that matter). Thats what you say, but did you ask my computer? I will check that, if I find the time. I am not sure if it works out with all the dependencies, it was not too easy to upgrade to x4.0 by hand. > >From a user's point of view, getting a distribution and upgrading the > X server is a triviality; on the other hand, upgrading the client-side > libraries involves some major hassle (possible binary compatibility > issues, location of app-defaults, etc.) apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; reportbug what else are the users doing to improve stability? (Yes I am being sarcastict, time to go home, good night) Christian -- http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/potato
