ancient files in ftp

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> 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.


Huh?  How about your part was hw/xwin and User Guide stick with it and stop
shooting order that "this should be removed and that should not be...'


Suhaib

> 
> Harold