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Bug#573371: rationale for switching to /usr/share/xserver-xorg/videodrvdep ?



On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 13:10:37 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:

> However, I fail to see the reason for switching the ABI and server versions from
> /usr/share/xserver-xorg/serverminver and /usr/share/xserver-xorg/videoabiver
> to /usr/share/xserver-xorg/videodrvdep. This simply sounds like reinventing 
> the wheel to no benefit.
> 
I already explained the rationale when filing this bug.  The benefit is
we'll be able to stop using Conflicts/Breaks.  I'm not sure what wheel
you think we're reinventing, the Depends field in drivers need a change
for this to work, the previous scheme didn't allow that.

Cheers,
Julien

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