Re: Xorg 6.8.1

From: Daniel O'Connor (doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au)
Date: 02/26/05

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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:25:24 +1030

    On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:36, Godwin Stewart wrote:
    > ISTR not that long ago - when ports were updated from 6.7.0 - people were
    > reporting random freezes and crashes with the new version of Xorg. This
    > seems to have died down now so I might consider the update, which might not
    > be a bad idea given how many other ports are dependent on 6.8.1 and try to
    > update half the system...

    You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The X API is
    quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting any problems. (I
    did XFree86 -> Xorg with zero problems for example) 

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