Re: RFC: Future of xserver-xorg
Le 07/02/2011 09:53, Cyril Brulebois a écrit :
> Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> (07/02/2011):
>
>> xorg depends on many more packages than xserver-xorg does. My
>> understanding is: When you want the minimal stuff, you install
>> xserver-xorg. When you want almost everything to get a "normal" X
>> running, you install xorg. But I didn't check if there was still a
>> point in not installing xorg recently.
>>
> I'm tempted to say that if people want something really minimal, they
> should be able to install xserver-xorg-{core,input-foo,video-bar}.
Ah, right, we wouldn't have xserver-xorg-core depend on {xserver-,}xorg
anymore.
> As
> for x11-xkb-utils && xkb-data, they could be recommended/depended on
> by the server (since xserver-xorg-core depends on xserver-xorg
> currently).
>
> Also, we could make xorg depend on stuff listed in xserver-xorg, and
> only recommend other packages. This way, people can still use the xorg
> metapackage to get everything installed by default. And those who want
> something more minimal can still ignore the recommends?
>
Fine too.
Brice
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