Changeset 77f78a5 for x

Timestamp:

06/11/2012 11:56:57 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b677b88

Parents:

f7fd26d

Message:

Text changes to installing page.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@10305 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/installing.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/installing/installing.xml

@@ -19 +19 @@
   user environment.</para>
 
-  <para><application>Xorg</application>-&xorg7-version; introduces a completely
-  autotooled build system which means that the packages build and install
-  using the conventional <command>configure</command>, <command>make</command>
-  and <command>make install</command> commands, but it requires installing
-  more than 100 different packages. Most large commercial distributions have
-  decided to use the <application>Xorg</application> package.</para>
+  <para><application>Xorg</application>, in addition to clearing up some
+  licensing issues with <ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</ulink>,
+  introduced a completely autotooled build for the X Window system. This
+  means that the packages build and install using the conventional
+  <command>configure</command>, <command>make</command> and <command>make
+  install</command> commands, as opposed to a proprietary build system that
+  requied hand editing of configuration parameters in a C-like syntax.</para>
+
+  <para><application>Xorg</application> also brought with it a modular build
+  system. While this separation into modules resulted in full control of the
+  features available to the X server on any given installation, it also made
+  the installation more tedious as it requires installing more than 100
+  different packages to obtain a functional X Window environment. Most large
+  commercial distributions have elected to use <application>Xorg</application>
+  over the <application>XFree86</application> distribution due to both
+  licensing issues and the increased functionality provided by it over
+  <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="xorg7.xml"/>