Bug#573371: rationale for switching to /usr/share/xserver-xorg/videodrvdep ?
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> 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.
The debian/control needs changes, but the files used to store the ABI
and server versions don't.
Martin-Éric
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