Because the cygwin/Xfree86 project is a port of Xfree86 to cygwin. This is not a port of Xfree86. This is something separate that will allow native win32 apps, running on win32 systems to export there displays to X servers.
Sure, this project will use the cygwin ported Xlibs (I assume ...) but, bar any bug fixes, will not modify Xfree86 in any way. However, everything else aside, on advantage is that it will get the discussion off the cygwin-xfree mailing list so people not interested in it can live in peace again. ;) Stuart > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 September 2002 20:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New Project (was RE: X client wrapper for Win apps?) > > > > --- Harold L Hunt II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please don't use GDI in the name. I ask this because I don't want > > there > > to be confusion between the Cygwin/XFree86 NativeGDI engine and any > > > > foogdi project. > > > > Consider instead something like the following: > > XShell > > XExplorer > > > > Something more along those lines would help to differentiate your > > project from Cygwin/XFree86. > > > > I don't see why this has to be seperate from the Cygwin/XFree > project? It seems to me that they are proposing more of an > extension/addon then replacing the server itself. Do you have some > objection to what is being proposed? > > Cheers, > Nicholas > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com >
