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Re: xlibmesa naming and relationships



On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:29:15PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> On Fre, 2003-02-07 at 16:53, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > 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?

What's irrelevant about it?  XFree86 has its versioning system and Mesa
has its.  The XFree86 encapsulates Mesa doesn't mean one should be left
in ignorance as to what version of Mesa was so encapsulated.

XFree86 doesn't encapsulate the toolchain.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    Men use thought only to justify
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    their wrong doings, and speech only
branden@debian.org                 |    to conceal their thoughts.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    -- Voltaire

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