Zhang Le <r0bertz@g.o> posted
20090608083147.GB16785@..., excerpted below, on  Mon,
08 Jun 2009 16:31:48 +0800:

> If user strictly follow X Server Configuration Howto (
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml ), he would install the
> whole xorg-x11 meta package, which is not necessary.

This one would be an outdated X Server Configuration Howto, then, as 
Gentoo/X, last I read, does not expect or recommend that people install 
the meta-package.

The context of that post was that the xorg-x11 meta-package includes bits 
of software (specifically, certain fonts) that upstream considers 
important, but that is not free software in keeping with Gentoo's Social 
Contract.  Thus, Gentoo cannot properly recommend the meta-package as a 
"core" package, and Gentoo/X does not do so, recommending instead that 
people only install xorg-server and additional individual packages and 
dependencies as they need them.  As freedom concerns me I made particular 
note of this, tho unfortunately I don't have a reference handy, so direct 
confirmation would likely be necessary.

Thus, any Gentoo documentation recommending the xorg-x11 meta-package for 
other than the specific purpose of installing /everything/ upstream (as 
opposed to Gentoo) recommends and considers important, is outdated and 
needs updated.

I haven't looked to see if there's already one filed or not, but should I 
file a bug, probably CCing the Gentoo/X folks for confirmation?  That doc 
appears to be in the docs project space, not X's, so it'd be docs' bug.

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