Re: Removing Xprint a bad idea
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Daniel Stone wrote:
| On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:00:12AM -0500, X Strike Force SVN Repository Admin wrote:
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| I think this is a bad idea, because the head of Xprint development is
| now X.Org, and this creates unnecessary divergence between the XFree86
| and X.Org packaging, making it harder to merge changes, and even more
| likely that regressions will slip through, and will serve only to
| further delay the introduction of X.Org into Debian due to these side
| effects.
uh? how so? it is just one bit splitted out of xfree that will be managed
as external package -> modularization.
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| If this change is to further ease packaging of the behemoth-esque
| monolithic tree, then it is understandable. But if it is to improve
| the life of Xprint users, then it does not do so, because they can
| always still install xprt-xprintorg, and it will actually make their
| life worse when X.Org moves into Debian, and this introduction, as I
| have stated earlier, will be delayed, in my opinion.
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| Don't get me wrong, I would love to see the back of Xprint, and to see
| a fully modular tree with an external Xprint. But as that's what's
| not happening, I see no reason why this commit is anything other than
| counterproductive, especially when xprt-xprintorg is already available,
| and has been for some time. I would therefore strongly encourage this
| commit to be reverted.
I don't see how this can delay the transition to X.org in Debian.
The same change of non-shipping xprt will be preserved later on as part
of the modularization. Also, Drew itself expressed the wish to remove
Xprt from Xfree due to its buginess and he committed to maintain
xprint-xorg.
I really can't see any bad side effect to this planned and already
evaluated decision.
Fabio
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