On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:10:24 +0100, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Archers, > > Today X.org 7.0RC4 will hit testing. This new release will bring us > modularization, which means you don't have to install each and every > driver, every font or every application. > Another big change in X.org 7.0 is the location. During the 6.x > releases, X.org and Xfree86 have lived in /usr/X11R6. Starting from > X.org 7.0, it will continue the rest of its life in /usr. This brings > some problems with it: > > - Old packages expect X.org in /usr/X11R6 > - Configuration files (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) need updating > > Besides updating configurations, other modifications need attention too: > - Drivers are modular, install the drivers you need, failing to do so > will render X useless > - OpenGL is provided by mesa, which depends on a virtual package called > libgl. This virtual package is provided by libgl-dri, libgl-mesa or > either a binary driver that provides libGL.so. Upgrading to the latest > X.org or installing from scratch could install an unwanted version > library, please check this before filing bugs about lost OpenGL > acceleration. > > The default fontpath used in X.org is /usr/share/fonts now, instead of > the common used /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts or /usr/lib/X11/fonts. > > To make upgrading as easy as possible, a dummy xorg package will be > provided, which depends on at least every library, every driver and the > basic font requirements. > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch Hi:) I've installed new xorg today morning, in present xorg package set dummy package xorg provides x-server, but it depends on those lil' packages. So when i want to uninstall some unneeded drivers/fonts etc. i must uninstall xorg dummy package. but dependencies mechanism in pacman causes all packages dependent on x-server to remove:P So my suggestion is that package named xorg shouldn't provide x-server, IMO the best candidate to provide x-server is xorg-server package:) _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
