Felix Schulte wrote: [snip] > > Since the xprint-org package is anyway maintained outside the xfree86 > > tree AND considering that the whole purpose of these new X.org packages > > is to split the tree as much as possible, I suggest that we can just > > stop shipping the xprint code from x.org tree, since there is absolutely > > no point in shipping it twice and maintaing it twice. > Urgh. > The X.org tree and the xprint-org are now coming from the same CVS > repository as annouced on the xprint.mozdev.org front page. However I > assume that both will continue to have different functionality, X.org > version being the normal version, xprint-org being the development > version or something like that. > > Fabio: What about making Drew Parsons the maintainer of both versions > just for the case that you can't handle it? :)
One version may be less confusing. Unless urgend bugfixing happened the "normal" release cycles between two major Xprint releases was more or less six months - the same amount of time Xorg is planning for their major version release cycle. But I agree... it sounds a nice idea to make Drew Parsons the maintainer of the Debian Xorg Xprint server package if he wants to do that (and Fabio and Branden agree with that). Maintaining the Xprint server as seperate package may or may not be slightly more difficult as it now supports the GLX extension (=OpenGL) which added more or less the whole Mesa codebase to the source. Having more than one person looking at the Mesa code may help a lot and lower the pain (at the beginning Drew had to work hard to get the Xprint server working on all platforms Debian supports and doing the same in two locations (Mesa in the Debian/Xorg tree and Mesa in the Debian/Xorg-Xprint) is twice the work where it wouldn't be neccesary) for Drew... :) > > I am pretty sure that the knowledge that Drew has on this package is far > > more deep than the one I have (possibly of other XSF maintainers). > > Meaning that his package is imho better qualified to stay where it is. > > Also resolving the issue of shipping two conflicting packages that are > > supposed to provide and do the same thing. > > Merging/re-building the package again from X.org means extra work needs > > to be done/redone/reviewed/etc. > > > > If nobody disagree with me i will start removing it within the next 2 or > > 3 days. > I disagree :) I disagree, too. See my comments above. ---- Bye, Roland P.S.: Please keep the Xprint mailinglist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the CC: that other people get the emails, too - not everyone is subscribed to the debian-x lists... -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
