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While updating the other day, I saw a package that was evidently part of |
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the original monolithic X, now split out, and wondered what it did. A |
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quick esearch later and I was none the wiser, as all the description says |
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is X.Org <whatever> library (example xinerama), or X.Org <whatever> |
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protocol headers, etc. |
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Yes, I /knew/ that much, as the packages are in x11-libs and x11-proto, |
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and <whatever> was in the package name. However, what does <whatever> |
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actually do? |
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While the initial descriptions were sufficient during the big split, as |
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there were more important things to worry about, like actually making sure |
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everything still worked, now that things are back to a semi-routine, I |
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believe it'd be helpful to come up with something a bit more descriptive |
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for many of these. Using the xinerama example, since I actually know what |
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it does... how about "Enables xorg multi-monitor support." A bit longer |
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version would be something close to the USE=xinerama description, but that |
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may be too long. Doing the same sort of thing with all the various |
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libraries and extensions would IMO be a good thing. =8^) |
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If you'd like a bug open on it (note that I haven't looked to see if one's |
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open already, this is just intended as exploratory discussion), I can open |
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one. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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