On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 07:45:21PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Danek Duvall wrote: > > >> data/autoconf/ > >> xorg-autoconf-macros > > > > What's in here? (And if you say "autoconf macros", I'm walkin' downstairs > > and kickin' your ass.) Would other packages depend on this in any way? > > Are they generic to xorg, or do they include bits that are specific to > > particular components? > > They are needed for people who want to run autoconf on the configure.ac > in an X.Org source package to rebuild the configure script. People > building packages like GNOME that depend on X.Org packages don't need > it - the vast majority of the world doesn't need it. It's not specific > to any one package though, but something used by all packages.
It seems like it could be rolled into the main xorg package? > > I think having "autoconf" in two places is redundant. How about > > data/autoconf/xorg? > > That works. Is "data" the right category for autoconf macros? <shrug> It's all very fluid. Let's see what joins it. > >> documentation/ > >> xorg-docs [docs unaffiliated with specific software packages, > >> mostly the contents of /usr/X11/share/man5 ] > > > > Similar comment about duplication here: "documentation/xorg"? Or > > "docs/xorg"? > > I'd just taken the upstream package name there - docs/xorg or docs/xorg-misc > works for me - is the category going to be "documentation" or "docs"? > (Doesn't Stephen have a rule about non-plural category names that docs would > violate?) I hadn't heard that. We can let this bit settle over time. Danek
