On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 07:43:14PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > ewww. I don't think xrandr's output is really suitable for machine > consumption. Can't you use the libXrandr API directly?
arandr is more of an editor for shell scripts that invoke xrandr -- executing a saved arandr file works even without arandr. going from parser to api is an option i'm considering for future versions when it comes to gathering information about the current state, but the xrandr invocation will stay, so a certain dependency on xrandr behavior will stay in place as well. > As for your question, the right thing at this point is probably to add > Breaks against current versions of arandr to x11-xserver-utils. What > version of arandr is likely to have that issue fixed? version 0.1.9 that fixes this is released, i'm just waiting for sponsor review for 0.1.9-1 to hit the archive. a "Breaks: arandr (<< 0.1.9)" would avoid creating broken systems in testing. (afaik it wouldn't impede testing migration, but only make arandr uninstallable for a few days at most in testing). as for further coordination, i have lost touch with xrandr devs a bit; is there any more official announcement to xrandr releases apart from tags on the git repo these days? thanks chrysn -- To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to greater powers. -- Bene Gesserit axiom
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