Re: xlibmesa naming and relationships
On Don, 2003-02-06 at 17:47, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 05:14:57PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Don, 2003-02-06 at 16:28, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > I'm not dodging it at all. xlibmesa3 is called xlibmesa3 because:
> > >
> > > 1) it's XFree86's version of the Mesa libraries (hence the "x");
> > > 2) it's the Mesa library (hence the "libmesa"); and
> >
> > Noone is arguing that.
> >
> > > 3) it's version 3.x of the Mesa library (hence the "3").
> >
> > You dodged my vital question again:
> >
> > 'How is the major Mesa version number relevant for the xlibmesa package
> > name?'
>
> How is a major version number relevant for anything? For example, how
> is it relevant for XFree86?
It isn't, hence no other packages built from the xfree86 source package
bear a version number in their name. What's your point?
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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