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Bug#220347: ITP: xlibs-freedesktop -- X libraries (client-side) from freedesktop



On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:04:24PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-11-12
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> * Package name    : xlibs-freedesktop
>   Version         : (unreleased)
>   Upstream Author : Jim Gettys <jg@freedesktop.org>, and other
>                     freedesktop.org hackers
> * URL             : http://xlibs.freedesktop.org
> * License         : MIT/X11
>   Description     : X libraries (client-side) from freedesktop
> 
> The freedesktop.org X client-side libraries (originally from XFree86),
> are a collection of various essential client-side libraries for using
> X11; these are a replacement for the XFree86 libraries that currently
> reside under the 'xlibs' package.
> 
> This will not be able to be uploaded until the xlibs build is separated
> from that of the rest of XFree86; maintainence will fall under the
> auspices of the X Strike Force (as will that of xserver-freedesktop).

If these constituent libraries aren't going to be released in lockstep
with each other, it doesn't make sense to put them all in one source
package.

Aren't these in separate modules in freedesktop.org's CVS?

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