Re: Bug#151613: xauth
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:23:37AM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> > Given that these days both the drivers and the libraries are split, I think
> > that we would actually do the world a service if we stopped scheming how to
> > bump several programs into a smaller number of packages, and just Xu'ed the
> > whole thing. Pseudo-packages can exist to bump associated binary packages
> > together for the users' benefit, but there's no real reason to keep anything
> > else together.
>
> Maintenance cost is actually a real reason here. More source packages
> implies more work to do, but it does unfortunately not imply more people
> and time to do it :/
But they all follow the same pattern as the existing split packages.
They all have analogous build systems and analogous release dates.
Yes, it's a bit more tedious to run downloads and builds in loops :)
but it's doable, because you can also split the load between more people.
There's some initial work, sorting out the existing bug reports, but that's
also something we're used to doing and which can also wait until any later
point in time.
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