Re: Bug#304854: xbase-clients: please add xgl-clients package
Le Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:40:53 +0200, Filip Van Raemdonck a écrit :
> I tried removing all gl related packages on a system which had no hardware
> supporting it anyway and with a dire need for harddisk space, but couldn't
> because xbase-clients contains a number of gl applications. I had to build
> an empty package with equivs to satisfy the gl dependency, which is rather
> stupid.
>
> Would you please split out the gl clients into their own package? (from a
> cursory look, most are just test or diagnostics applications anyway)
>
Sadly next release of gnome and maybe mozilla will use cairo ... which
need the gl support (which is not only about DRI)
Splitting the clients may make sense though removing the libs is quite
dangerous (how about removing libm ? i don't need a math lib :)
Regards
Alban
PS: i am not part of the team. This is my personal opinion as a geek.
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