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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:09:25
Message-Id: 438333FB.4020106@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > Joshua Baergen wrote:
3 > | If the list keeps growing maybe we should consider a GLEP 37-style
4 > | solution, like was suggested by Jason. It would allow us to make any
5 > | further changes that are required (agreed, hopefully none) without
6 > | having to change a bunch of packages in the tree.
7 >
8 I thought GLEP 37 was a way out kind of thing. Like several months if
9 not a year before it can be done.
10
11 Here's a horrible suggestion for if all else fails... have the
12 monolithic Xorg or xfree ebuilds PROVIDE the modular components. Then
13 only have modular depends in the tree.
14 --
15 Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>
16 http://dev.gentoo.org/~cardoe/

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>