Bug#573371: xorg: server<->driver ABI deps are backwards

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 23:01 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: 
> 
> The way we're currently handling the xserver ABI is a pain, because it
> means we need Conflicts on older drivers, which confuses the hell out of
> the package manager (aptitude is particularly bad at this iirc).
> 
> What I think would make more sense is to have the server provide
> xorg-video-abi-$N (or whatever we may want to call it) and the driver
> depend on that virtual abi package (in addition to the existing
> serverminver dependency for minor bumps).
> 
> I'm not sure what this means for xserver-xorg's current "any driver with
> the right ABI" dependency.  Maybe the drivers can keep providing an
> xorg-driver virtual package (which wouldn't have to be versioned).

I guess xorg-driver-video and xorg-driver-input would be needed, but
other than that this sounds good to me.


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