Re: 4.3.0-0pre1v1 [XSF, please read]

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 20:17, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 02:00:54PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > Mmm, I'm liking libgl1-xfree86. My original name for the DRM sources was
> > > xfree86-drm-src, but that later got renamed.
> > 
> > Not too bad, methinks.
> 
> I don't like it.  Are these things really XFree86 X xserver specific, or
> just DRI-specific?  I think the latter.

The DRM is maintained by the DRI project, but this is the copy shipped
in the 4.3 release of XFree86.


> > > If so, why not xfree86-libgl1?
> > 
> > I like libgl1-xfree86 better because the emphasis is on libgl1.
> 
> Well, I don't.  If the XFree86-forked libgl1 works with DRI, why don't
> we call it libgl1-dri?

Not a bad idea either.

> > OTOH xlibmesa-gl(1) have the advantage that xlibmesa-gl-dev can stay the
> > same, allowing for a smoother transition.
> 
> Smooth transitions are important, a virtue Daniel seems eager to
> discard, at your prodding.

Easy, there. I didn't prod him into anything, and I pointed out the
transition issue. The question is whether transitions matter in sid or
only between stable releases, where there will be one after woody
anyway.

> I wish you'd both calm down a little bit about this issue.

I have the impression that we're perfectly calm. You on the other hand
are acting like a boy who's afraid we're going to steal his candy. No
worries, you can keep it.

I for one am looking forward to your technical arguments to this
discussion.


> > Also, is there a naming scheme yet for the other libraries to be split
> > out of xlibs, which might be applicable here?
> 
> Yeah.  The scheme is the same as practically ever other shared library in
> Debian.  Take the SONAME, convert all capitals to lowercase, and remove
> '.so.'.  This is perfectly clear except for library names that end in
> digits.  So, libX11.so.6 will become libx11-6.
> 
> Or maybe you'd rather I added "-xfree86" to the end of every shared
> library package name...

I wouldn't, why should I, but just libgl1 doesn't work for the libGL
package unfortunately.


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