> Well, libtool is binary all, so no work needed here. It is already up to > date automatically. gdk/imlib will need X devel files, right? So we have to > work on X first. Will be attacked soon. ace also needs xlib6 I see. Mmmh. > > I think we have to start a discussion about X soon. X should not be a big > problem, but the input device hardware support bothers me.
It should be no problem to get Xlib and X clients working, independent of having an X server working. Perhaps somebody should try making an X package built with just the Xnest server or something like that, so we can get a full X development and client environment going before necessarily having actual screen-driving X servers working. Some hackers in Japan previously got real X servers working too. Okuji has been working on getting Linux "char" device drivers working in gnumach, which include the keyboard and ps2 mouse devices. He also began working on a new Hurd translator (`streamdev') that would be used for these devices. You can find his code in ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/okuji/.
