i suppose that it is better to be able to have incrimental upgrades w/
separate packages. but xfree86-rootless always depends on the latest
xfree86-base. so we still upgrade the whole, just it takes more steps.
I'd like to see many more parts/sections of the xfree86 packages. I'd b
willing
My take on this is as follows:
As Torrey pointed out, the seperation of the X11 package is largely
historical. In fact, both Jeff and I in the past attempted to merge
it back into one package. However, this is not something as trivial
as you might think - it caused various update & transition
Well, code that is partially well-factored is better than not having it done
at all - the point of running open-source beta software is that we can have
incremental improvements...
EUR 0,02
chaals
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I agree that the rootless package is kind of pointles
I agree that the rootless package is kind of pointless, but as "Anthony
DeRobertis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said there are many situations
when X11 libs, but no X server are needed. but because fink installs ALL
of XFree86 except the server in one package that argument is moot until
we see many mor
