Jeremy Henty wrote: > [I'm not sure if blfs-support is the best list for this - I'll happily > take it to another list if people think it's appropriate.] > > There's a big discussion on the x.org list about the state of the Xorg > tree. Apparently the complete tree hasn't built in over a year. Some > people are arguing for merging the drivers back into the server tree. > One contributor flamed that the whole idea of building Xorg from > source is now a joke. (Others disagreed and posted various build > scripts.) Also, in an earlier discussion more than one person claimed > that the 7.3 release was inferior to previous 7.x releases in > important ways. > > So just out of interest I'm wondering what do BLFS developers think of > the state of Xorg, particularly of building from source? Is it > getting flaky? Should the Xorg devs be sorting their act out or are > things OK as they are? > > Regards, > > Jeremy Henty > First of all, let me start out by making it clear that I am not a developer, programmer, linux-guru, etc. I am simply an end user. I have messed around and toyed with various distros, and LFS/BLFS for quite some time. I really like linux, and one of my favorite hobbies is learning more and more about it.
That being said, I am now "playing around" with the "development" version of the BLFS book. One of the things that has me "pulling my hair out" is building the modular Xorg system. I personally liked the idea of it being in one big package. As far as building anything from source being "a joke", I tend to disagree. My understanding is that's what the whole Open Source movement is all about. Being able to have a choice and being able to customize software to work the way a person wants is part of what it is all about. It's not necessarily the easiest way to do things, but sometimes it could be the best way. My opinion about scripts for building software... that's kind of a tough question to answer. In my mind, part of me says "if you're going to use a script, you might as well get a mainstream distro and be done with it". After all, that's more-or-less what you get from distros. Of course it's different if you write your own script. On the other hand, I personally build several LFS systems over-and-over, and having a Live CD and something like ALFS makes the initial part easier. In the end, like the saying goes, "if you want something done right, do it yourself". -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
