Bug#362313: xserver-xorg dependency hell

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 1:7.0.10
Severity: important

Hello X Strike Force,

The new modular xserver-xorg create a circular dependency hell:

Here the dependency graph:
<http://debian.semistable.com/dot/xserver-xorg-video-vmware_unstable.png>
Here the list of packages involved:

xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark
xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix
xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128
xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810
xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc
xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition
xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge
xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-sis
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa
xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via
xserver-xorg-video-vmware 

Such large amount of circular depdendencies create problems during
upgrade, testing migration etc. and should absolutly be avoided.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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