[gentoo-dev] Re: Monthly x11@ project status for April 2018

[Matt Turner]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 8:08 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote:
> == Update packages to depend on x11-base/xorg-proto ==
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/651286
>
> The new x11-base/xorg-proto package combines nearly all (28 in fact) of
> the x11-proto/* packages into one, with a very fast Meson build system.
> It installs on my laptop in less time than it takes to ./configure one
> of the individual x11-proto/ packages. I've kept empty versions of the
> x11-proto/ packages to ease the transition.
>
> Once the last two architectures have stabilized it (arm@ and arm64@), we
> can begin transitioning to depending on x11-base/xorg-proto directly
> instead of the x11-proto/ packages.

Question from IRC: why is the package named x11-base/xorg-proto
instead of x11-proto/xorgproto?

Once all of the now empty compatibility packages in x11-proto/ are
gone, the only remaining packages in the category will be printproto
and xcb-proto. The plan is to give last rites to printproto and move
xcb-proto to some other category, x11-base probably, and get rid of
x11-proto/ entirely.

The dash in the xorg-proto is just for consistency with the other
x11-base/ packages.