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Re: Request For Permission To Upload Xorg 7.1 To Unstable



On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:36:01AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Dänzer wrote:
> >   * Tighten dependencies between X11R7.1 server and video drivers.
> >     xserver-xorg-core no longer Depends: xserver-xorg-video-all | xserver-xorg-$    but instead Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video.  The dependency on
> >     xserver-xorg-video-all | xserver-xorg-video-1.0 is managed by the
> >     xserver-xorg binary package (not included here to avoid circular
> >     dependencies).
> >   * Likewise remove Depends: xserver-xorg-input-all |
> >     xserver-xorg-input (again, handled by xserver-xorg) to avoid
> >     circular dependency with drivers.
> 
> I think I've got this sorted in svn now:
> 
> * all video drivers currently in experimental changed to Provides: xserver-xorg-video-1.0
> instead of Provides: xserver-xorg-video
> 
> * xserver-xorg binary package changed to Depends:  xserver-xorg-video-all | xserver-xorg-video-1.0
> 
> *  xserver-xorg-core Depends: xserver-xorg-video-all | xserver-xorg-video is removed.
> It  now Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video.
> 
> * For good measure Depends: xserver-xorg-input-all | xserver-xorg-input is also removed from xserver-xorg-core.
> The removal of these Dependses is for the purpose of avoiding circular dependencies with the drivers.
> 
> There are a handful of video drivers in unstable only, not experimental, which I did not touch.

Thank you for beating me to this. It's a good band-aid, but in the long run
I think it's pretty clear that we need something more automated like
shlibs. We can work with it for now though, definitely.

 - David Nusinow



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