On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:31:16PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:50:25PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: > > > Hi, I packaged xfree86-driver-synaptics (Touchpad driver for xfree86, > > > it's basically ready, will upload in a couple of days) and I have > > > one question here: > > > > > > is there some magic/modularization/cooperation you can think of to > > > provide some autoconfiguration also for addons/external plugins? > > > (I'm also waiting for ideas to pop up of my head but I'd need to go > > > deeper in xfree debconf scripts). > > > > well, obviously I'm voluteering if I can help, but is there interest in > > implementing such a framework? > > Definitely. That'd be very useful, but if X --configure is > DFSG-compliant, then we'll have to see how external plugins can be used > in the system at all. I'm totally unfamiliar with the archictecture of > it, so I'll have to try and wrap my head around it while it's discussed > on -legal. Once that's all panned out, I'll re-spec the configuration as > necessary and start coding again. I'll post something about it then. The X autoconf stuff is not DFSG-free: it's licensed under the X-Oz license. -- Daniel Stone <daniels@debian.org> Debian: the universal operating system http://www.debian.org
Attachment:
pgpAcKArl_17n.pgp
Description: PGP signature