Re: xlibmesa naming and relationships
On Fre, 2003-02-07 at 16:53, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 06:51:52PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > > 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?
>
> The major version number used by Mesa is not the same as the one used by
> XFree86, except by coincidence.
So the Mesa version needs to be engraved in the package name, no matter
how irrelevant it is? Why don't you add the versions of gcc, glibc, ...
then? ;)
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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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