> On Apr 6, 2016, at 1:56 AM, Jonas Ådahl <jad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 11:55:42AM +0200, Olivier Fourdan wrote: >> Hi Pekka, >> >> On 5 April 2016 at 10:30, Pekka Paalanen <ppaala...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> >>> >>> this is a good idea indeed. >>> >>> Originally weston-info was needed in Weston repository, because it was >>> useful in reporting specific information from extensions being >>> developed in Weston. Nowadays we have wayland-protocols for such >>> extensions. >>> >>> However, since *-info depends on wayland-protocols, it cannot be put >>> into the Wayland repository, as that would create a cyclical dependency. >>> >> >> Ah right, yes, of course... >> >> >> >>> So, a new repository seems to be needed. Let the bikeshedding for the >>> name begin! ;-) >>> >>> (Is it expected to host other universal Wayland tools?) >>> >> >> Very good question, do we have any other universal tool of general use like >> weston-info? >> >> I would be fine with a dedicated repo ( >> Xorg tend >> s >> to use one repo per tool >> , e.g. >> xdpyinfo >> , xdriinfo, xwininfo, xprop within xorg/app) so maybe we could have >> "wayland/tools/ >> wayland-info >> " >> ? >> >> "wayland-info" would be fine by me, for both repo and tool name. >>> > > Just a fly by shed color thought. If we in the future want to add more > generic debug tools (for example something like xev that is a bit more > nice than "WAYLAND_DEBUG=1 weston-terminal |& grep -e '[insert complex > expression here]'") then maybe "wayland-tools" or "wayland-utils"? > Then again "wayland-info" is nice because it sounds more like a > "read-only" thing than "-tools" and "-utils".
Good idea. yong > > Jonas > >> >> >> Cheers, >> Olivier _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
