On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 23:01 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > The way we're currently handling the xserver ABI is a pain, because it > means we need Conflicts on older drivers, which confuses the hell out of > the package manager (aptitude is particularly bad at this iirc). > > What I think would make more sense is to have the server provide > xorg-video-abi-$N (or whatever we may want to call it) and the driver > depend on that virtual abi package (in addition to the existing > serverminver dependency for minor bumps). > > I'm not sure what this means for xserver-xorg's current "any driver with > the right ABI" dependency. Maybe the drivers can keep providing an > xorg-driver virtual package (which wouldn't have to be versioned).
I guess xorg-driver-video and xorg-driver-input would be needed, but other than that this sounds good to me. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
