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[Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>]

On Sunday 19 November 2006 20:47, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote:

> I've been meaning to send this for a while...

>

> As it goes the following is what's keeping modular from being integrated

> into test:

>

> a) there's a TON of spells in test that depend on X11-LIBS/SERVER but have

> NO xorg-modular dependencies

>

> b) Until a) is satisfied there can be no clear upgrade path from xorg to

> -modular simply becaus one can't rely on UP_TRIGGERS since what's defined

> as X11-LIBS in -modular is REALLY the minimal required amount of libraries

> one needs to build xorg-server

>

> c) none of the -modular spells acctually have a sane description and there

> doesn't seem to be any official list that we could use.

>

> Basicaly a) and b) are showstopers while c) is would be nice to have but

> not really critical

>

> What I'd like to see is more people working on getting more spells

> compatible with -moudular. Until we can guarantee a reliable upgrade path

> for X11 dependant spells I really don't want to put it into test.

>

> So for those looking to help:

>

> Version updates aren't critical at this time(I have those covered for all

> the spells except beryl(lalo handles those)) so leave those alone. I

> ussualy take a few days to acctually test it on a running system.

>

> Where I would like to see help is:

>

> Fix spells in test to be -modular compatible using the two functions in

> FUNCTIONS if necesary or mark them compatible on:

> http://wiki.sourcemage.org/Xorg_Modular_Compatibles

>

> Fix the -modular spells to include proper descriptions.

>

I see that the lunar spells have sensible descriptions. <http://modules.lunar-linux.org/index.php?option=moonbase&section=xorg7#xorg7>

Maybe someone could write a script to pull the descriptions into xorg-modular

> If anything above can be automated then please do so. And either provide

> the script or do it yourself.

>

> On a side note:

> We currently have an xorg-modular grimoire which some consider temporary

> and so on... I'd let it remain to work as a WIP grimoire simply because

> there's a lot of breakage at random releases(the latest would be

> xorg-server 1.2.99 needing a feature of mesalib that is only in it's cvs).

> It doesn't hurt to have it and it makes it easier to test updates. Be it a

> branch or a separate grimoire(I'd prefer the separate grimoire) it would

> make it easier.

>

> PS: xorg-modular 7.2 is soon to be released and I was hoping to make the

> integration within a month but ONLY if the above points a) and b) can be

> met.

>

> Thank you for your attention.

>

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