Re: C++ Transition Patches

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

xfonts-base lost an encoding:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large/jisx0208.1983-0.enc.gz
xlibs lost:
/etc/X11/xkb/geometry/omnibook
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ru_yawerty

I don't know what to make of those changes; they're presumably upstream
changes and not to be worried about?

The i830 and ffb DRI modules vanished, while the i915 and sis modules
appeared.  This is probably due to upstream, but I'm sure this ought to
be documented somewhere, so as not to totally confuse people (if any)
using the vanished modules.  Probably in NEWS.

xlibs-static-dev acquired:
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/XprintAppUtil/xpapputil.h
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/XprintUtil/xprintutil.h
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXprintAppUtil.a
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXprintUtil.a

xlibs-static-pic acquired:
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXprintAppUtil_pic.a
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXprintUtil_pic.a

Is this right?  Are we deliberately suppling X.org's version of
libXprint in this form?  If so, it should be listed in the descriptions
of the packages, and it isn't.

OK, that's the last nitpick.  I wouldn't hold up the release to unstable
for most of them, but they should be looked at before the next release.

I worry about the masses of dropped dependencies on
xfree86-common/x11-common though.  It doesn't look correct to me, but
perhaps /etc/init.d/x{free86|11}-common and /etc/X11/Xsession.d really
aren't needed by (for instance) libice6.