I am very pleased to announce the release of XFree86 4.4.0. This release comes almost exactly one year after the 4.3.0 release, and is the product of the work of dedicated volunteers working through a changing and challenging "political" environment. I would like to thank all who have contributed to this release, and all who continue to support XFree86 and the work of its volunteer developers. While it is difficult for a volunteer group to make firm commitments to future release schedules, it is our goal to have a shorter release cycle for future releases. With that goal in mind, the tentative schedule is for a 4.5.0 release around August 2004. Source, patches, and binaries for a range of platforms are available now for download from our ftp site: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/ http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/ We currently have binaries available for 17 platforms, and more will be available over the next week. If you find your favourite platform missing, please let us know. If you are not sure which binary set you need, first download the "Xinstall.sh" script, and run: sh Xinstall.sh -check Also, before downloading, check the 4.4.0 online documentation at: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/ Read especially the README, Release Notes and Install documents. Also check the ERRATA for 4.4.0 for any last minute issues: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/ERRATA.html and the UPDATES page to see new binaries or other updates are available: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/UPDATES.html The CVS tag for this release is "xf-4_4_0". Information about accessing our anonymous CVS service is at http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/. User-related problems should be reported to our xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx list. Development issues and specific bugs should be reported to our devel@xxxxxxxxxxx list and/or logged at http://bugs.xfree86.org/. Enjoy. David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
