On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 09:31 PM, Ian Eure wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m wondering what the purpose of xorg-server-for-tests in > gnu/packages/xorg.scm is? It inherits from the normal xorg-server > package, but drops to the older version 21.1.15, vs. the normal > package’s 21.1.21. No other changes are made. > > As an experiment, I changed it to: > > (define-public xorg-server-for-tests xorg-server) > > And rebuilt dependents. This hasn’t quite completed, but > everything’s built fine so far. > > Does it serve any functional purpose? > > Thanks, > -- Ian
Oh, and there is a comment above the definition for xorg-server-for-tests, though we should update that to include a few more key dependencies this is meant for as it is not just gtk+ qtbase. John
