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From: Jerry A! <jerry@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] X11 dependencies
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:22:17
Message-Id: 20010220162231.A2055@kabbu.akopia.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] X11 dependencies by Pete Gavin
1 On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 02:14:10PM -0700, Pete Gavin wrote:
2 : Hi,
3 :
4 : I was wondering, perhaps we should make XFree86 provide virtual/x11,
5 : and then make packages that just require x11 depend on
6 : virtual/x11. That way, if one day gentoo is supported on platforms
7 : that dont use xfree86 (like just the regular X consortium version) we
8 : won't have to change a bunch of other stuff. Other packages that
9 : require XFree86 extensions (like DRI or whatnot) could depend on
10 : Xfree86 specifically. What do you think?
11
12 Damn!!! That's a good idea. How come we never thought of it? I'm
13 gonna go sulk now. 8)
14
15 --Jerry
16
17 name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a
18 phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death...
19 email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important
20 || than that!

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