+1.
How will notification to users about this change be done? Via standard
EOF process?
-- Garrettt
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> I am sponsoring this fast-track on behalf of the X11 Engineering Team.
> The timeout is set for Monday, March 10, 2009.
>
> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> EOF of xorgcfg & xorgconfig
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Alan Coopersmith
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 03 March, 2009
> 4. Technical Description
>
> The X.Org community recently released Xorg server version 1.6. This
> version no longer includes the xorgconfig text UI or xorgcfg GUI for
> creating and editing xorg.conf files. These utilities had not been
> kept up to date with advances in Xorg configuration in recent releases,
> and were mostly unmaintained and unused in the community, since most
> Linux distros used their own configuration tools. Solaris has defaulted
> to autoconfiguration for Xorg, and improvements there have continually
> reduced the need for xorg.conf files, and when they are needed, reduced
> the amount of boilerplate needed to modify the auto-configuration.
> When overriding the configuration settings is necessary, a configuration
> file may still be created with Xorg -configure. (Users of nvidia graphics
> additionally may use the nvidia-provided configuration tools nvidia-settings
> and nvidia-xconfig.)
>
> This case announces the EOF of, and removes, the xorgcfg & xorgconfig
> utilities for creating or updating xorg.conf configuration files.
>
> This case delivers in two phases:
>
> 1) In a patch release, announces the obsolesence of and future removal plans
> for, xorgcfg & xorgconfig.
>
> Exported Interfaces:
> --------------------
> /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig Obsolete PSARC 2004/184 (was
> External)
> /usr/X11/bin/xorgcfg Obsolete PSARC 2005/225
> (path was Stable, options Volatile)
>
> 2) In a minor release, removes the following from the X consolidation:
>
> The entire SUNWxorg-cfg package, including /usr/X11/bin/xorgcfg
>
> From SUNWxorg-server:
> /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig
>
> From SUNWxwplr:
> /etc/security/exec_attr entries for xorgconfig & xorgcfg
>
> Exported Interfaces:
> --------------------
> /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig Removed
> /usr/X11/bin/xorgcfg Removed
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> X Consolidation (Desktop C-Team)
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>
