[csw-maintainers] bad news on the CSW X11 front

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi William,

Am 23.03.2010 um 22:25 schrieb William Bonnet:
> Today my mind is really shared. I'm afraid that we have to face a  
> situation which is choosing between two answers :
>
> A. Stick to current X11 version, and accept to stick to old versions  
> of software
> B. Upgrade to latest X11, got up to date versions of software and  
> definitely drop older version of Solaris OS
>
> This is a binary decision, but unfortunately this is the real  
> situation. I spent so many hours trying to make FF and TB working on  
> solaris 8 that i should speak of days or weeks instead of hours...
>
> IMHO, Solaris 10 is no longer the future. It is today. And soon it  
> will be the past... I see no real reason to stick to older version  
> if being compliant to this version are blocking us.

As I understand it that means also

(A) get 3D acceleration
(B) stick with software rendering

so the price for being current would be quite high. Do you see a way  
of updating to
current X11 with 3d acceleration?


Best regards

   -- Dago