On 1/19/10, Kevin Ratcliff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Lee Bengston <[email protected]> > wrote: >> When Ubuntu 9.04 came out, I tried compiling without xorg-dev, and it >> worked again. Although I didn't write the HowTo for Ubuntu 9.04, I >> mentioned the ability to compile without xorg-dev to Kevin R., who did >> write it, and I believe he (and later several others following the >> same HowTo) installed without xorg-dev and did not experience >> difficulty. In hindsight snapshots probably didn't work - shows how >> often a bunch of us actually use that feature. Because xorg-dev had >> broken KDE 4 in another distribution, and I hadn't tried Kubuntu 9.04 >> yet, I thought it best to leave out xorg-dev in the 9.04 HowTo given >> things seemed to work without it. > > I have not followed all of the mailing list threads lately, but that's > my recollection as well. It looks like xorg-dev was in the original > Ubuntu 9.04 HowTo when I posted it, but I took it out after feedback > on the mailing list that indicated it wasn't needed. Here's the two > versions: > > http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php?title=HowTo:Ubuntu_9.04&diff=3129&oldid=3120 > > Sorry about that, I didn't omitting it was causing an issue. I guess I > never use the snapshot feature!
No apology required - I'm the one who provided the feedback that resulted in the omission of that package. When I get a chance I will provide updated iso images of Kubuntu 9.10 and Ubuntu 9.10 that will contain an updated Xastir with snapshots working. Lee - K5DAT _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
