Re: X Strike Force X.Org X11 SVN commit: r1032 - trunk/debian
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:56:07PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> X Strike Force SVN Repository Admin wrote:
> > Modified:
> > trunk/debian/changelog
> > trunk/debian/control
> > Log:
> > * We no longer build or ship x-window-system-dev. This is in line with
> > killing xlibs-dev. Currently only three packages in Debian build-depend on
> > this package, so we'll target them in the same effort as getting rid of
> > xlibs-dev.
>
> Like x-window-system{,-core} and unlike xlibs-dev, x-window-system-dev
> is a metapackage for the benefit of Debian users, not for package
> Build-Depends. It exists so people can say "I want every X -dev and
> -dbg package" without listing them all. Please don't remove it.
I've thought about that, but people are build-depending on it right now,
and we need to essentially force people not to do so. I'll probably add it
back in once the current slate of xlibs-dev bugs is resolved properly.
Sound reasonable?
- David Nusinow
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