xf86CheckBeta() and friends

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 05:59:03 PST 2004


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:16:05 -0800, Daniel Stone <daniel at freedesktop.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 01:08:17PM +0100, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> > I would guess that at least xf86Version.h/xf86GetVersion() perhaps is
> > being used in unified binary drivers (like NVidia's, ATI's) for X.org
> > and XFree86.
> 
> Um yeah, sure, but we're talking about xf86CheckBeta():
>       fprintf(m, "             This is a beta version of X.\n\n");
>       fprintf(m, " This binary may be redistributed providing it is not"
>                  " modified in any way.\n\n");
>       fprintf(m, " Please send success and problem reports to"
>                  " <&&&&&@X.org>.\n\n");
> [...]
>   if (expired)
>     exit(1);
> 
> That sort of thing.  The xf86CheckBeta() call should be removed, and
> indeed, the entire xf86Beta.c file.
> 
> Does anyone actually care if I do this in HEAD?
> 
> 

I say go for it!

Alex

> 
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> Daniel Stone                                            <daniel at freedesktop.org>
> 
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