X in FC7

[Avi Kivity]

Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> Adam Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>> As said on the wiki page, what problem is xfs trying to solve?  If 
>>> it's just about the ability to add fonts at runtime without having 
>>> to do 'xset fp rehash', then that should be a very small amount of 
>>> code to add to the X server.  You need to watch for directories 
>>> popping in and out of existance, but, okay, we know how to do that.
>>
>> Wasn't the X font server designed for storageless X terminals?
>
> Was that before or after NFS, Coda, SMB, and numerous other networked
> filesystems, etc. existed? ;o)
>
> Seriously, there are arguments for and against keeping/removing xfs,
> and I have some mixed feelings myself, but "diskless terminals" seems
> like a bad reason to keep xfs.
>

I'm not arguing that xfs should be kept for those NCD (sp?) terminals; 
just that xfs seems oriented towards those setups.  Certainly, modern X 
terminals are usually Linux X servers and as such can easily mount any 
needed font.


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