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RE: ancient files in ftp


Suhaib,

> The xvfb still uses those drivers.  They need to be there
> For future contributors to extend the work because they contain
> Sources.

That was correct about a week ago.  vfb on Cygwin was a full server
masquerading as vfb, which is supposed to be a server that can run without
input and output devices.  vfb is supposed to be a dummy server that allows
one to run an X client on a machine with no real input or output devices
(think of a rack mount server with no peripherals).  vfb on Cygwin violated
the meaning and purpose of vfb, so it was removed from XFree86 CVS a couple
weeks back.

vfb can now be used on Cygwin as it was intended to be used.

If there really is still a need for the incomplete server that was the old
vfb on Cygwin, then it should live in a directory under
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/ other than vfb/ or xwin/.

If that is not the case, then the drivers/ directory should be removed from
our ftp repository to prevent confusion.

Harold


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