xwindows@csri.toronto.edu (X Windows Software Repository) (01/05/90)
X.V11R4 is available for anonymous ftp on cs.toronto.edu in pub/X.V11R4.
This directory is a complete copy of the distribution available from other
Internet archives. Please connect between 6pm and 9am as the host is
heavily loaded during the day. Also, if you are over one Onet hop from us,
you might consider the tape offer listed below, or talk to the sysadmins at
the next closer site.
Kb Name Brief description
12227 tape-1/ core software for X Window System (required)
19001 tape-2/ contrib clients and core doc (recommended)
14651 tape-3/ contrib libraries and other toolkits (optional)
13342 tape-4/ contrib Andrew, games, etc. (optional)
Total disk space needed is a little under 60M for the compressed
distribution, estimated space for the entire uncompressed distribution is
about 35M per tape. Roll out those new Superswallows/RA90s...
[Our thanks to everyone who let us hog the link to the NSFNET last night.]
For a source[*] distribution, please send *one* 9-track tape (tar of the
complete compressed MIT distribution at 6250bpi), or *one* Exabyte 8mm tape
(compressed MIT or uncompressed local src tree). (If it ever goes to two
Exabytes, we're quitting the distribution game...:-) For any other media,
densities, or formats, ask us (mail xhacks@csri.toronto.edu) -- it depends
on how friendly and energetic we're feeling that day.
Tapes should be addressed to:
X Windows
c/o Mark Moraes
Computer Systems Research Institute (CSRI)
University of Toronto
10 King's College Road
Toronto M5S 1A4
along with suitable information for returning it to you (I.U.T.S or
C.O.D. preferred).
Three things to note VERY carefully:
1. If the tapes arrive without explicit directions for sending them back via
IUTS, COD, your courier pickup etc (i.e. you pay), it goes in our free tapes
pool. The *only* work we're willing to do is put the stuff on tape, put tapes
back in the envelope you sent them in, put the reply label you sent on the
envelope, and leave it on the CSRI secretary's desk with your instructions
for returning it to you. We'll be willing to notify you by email that you
can come and pick it up - we're NOT willing to notify you by phone (well,
maybe phone, but we'd prefer email). Offer only valid *outside* the USofA.
2. For source distributions, you will either get a copy of the compressed
MIT ftp distribution (9 track at 6250) or tars of our master src directory,
as hacked/fixed/modified by xhacks@csri.toronto.edu. This may not correspond
exactly to the MIT distribution, even though it will start from there. This
may have non-blessed hacks/speedups/conspiracies. We do NOT support it, we
do not claim it works under any circumstances whatsoever, (the fact that
CSRI and ANT will be using it as a production windowing system is a
coincidence, a strange unexplained phenomenon, or as bdown is fond of
saying, a misguided experiment...) We are not responsible for
damage/destruction/trauma/anguish of any form caused directly or indirectly
by what you get. It should, however, be up-to-date with all *official*
fixes, etc.
3. Expect a delay of a week for the easy cases -- Exabyte or 6250bpi. For
the media that involve work, er, well, may take a little longer. (Depends on
how well you convince us that it is urgent...) This stuff gets done only on
weekends...
Enjoy.
- xhacks@csri.toronto.edu
[*: A binary distribution (Sun4 SunOS4.0, Sun3 + 68881 SunOS4.0, or Sun3 +
68881 SunOS3.5) may be available in a month or so -- we will have to build it
and test it first. (It will theoretically be possible to generate SGI Iris
4d binary distributions, DEC Ds3100 distributions, or Ultrix Vaxstation
distributions, since we do run X on those, but ask first -- we're not sure
when it will get installed, or whether we can find the binaries on those
systems. :-)]