On Saturday 03 October 2009 10:42:15 Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Didier Spaier wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2009 04:15:12 Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >> Jeremy Huddleston wrote: > >>>> If anyone disagrees with these, or the module versions listed as being > >>>> a stable, X11R7.5-compatible version that should be included in the > >>>> katamari, > >>>> now is the time to speak, as at the rate we're going, we should have > >>>> the X11R7.5 release finished by this time next week. > >>>> ... > >>>> xineramaproto 1.1.2 1.2 > >>>> xinput 1.3.0 * > >>> > >>> xinit seems to be omitted... and it could use a bump too. > >> > >> xinit was not on the X11R7.4 katamari modules list, but is on my list of > >> modules needing a release made. I'm not sure why it was removed - > >> perhaps because the expectation is most users get X11 started via a > >> display manager like gdm/kdm now? Though that wouldn't apply to Cygwin > >> & MacOS X users, so xinit would seem to be a core part of their window > >> system. > > > > As a Linux user, I prefer not to use gdm/kdm -- and BTW I don't use HAL > > either, so I'd like to remain able to use X without one of these. > > No is proposing killing xinit - if it's not in the katamari, then you > just have to download it from the "individual" releases directory when > you want source, instead of finding it bundled with the other modules > in the "X11R7.5" directory on the ftp site. If you use distro packages, > you may not even notice a difference - it's up to your distro which modules > to include in packages, whether they're in or out of the katamari.
Thanks for the explanation Alan. I just can't find any clear definition of "katamari" in Xorg's context, searching the wiki as well as this mailing list :-\ _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg