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Subject: Re: [forum] XFree86 modularization
From: Egbert Eich <eich () XFree86 ! Org>
Date: 2003-06-05 9:01:25
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Owen Taylor writes:
>
> It's certainly conceivable to do have libdix, libmi, libfb; in
> effect have a "X server development kit". And it would no-doubt
> make the code organization of the server easier to understand for a
> casual hacker.
>
> Still, it seems like a lot of work for relatively low gain.
>
Yes, I'm afraid this is true.
> [...]
>
> > >
> > > * Release management becomes more of a coordination effort
> > > (do we have tarballs from everybody?) rather than one central
> > > 'cvs tag' 'cvs export'.
> > >
> >
> > Are you suggesting to split the tree into separate repositories?
> > I don't think there is anything which we cannot do with proper
> > tags/modules in one single CVS repository.
>
> No, I'm suggesting multiple modules in a single repository;
> I'm simply suggesting that the hypothetical xeyes maintainer
> would apply the XFREE86_5_6_0 tag when they felt that all
> the necessary bugs were fixed, rather than making it something
> that had to be done globally.
>
OK, this seems reasonable to me. My idea was quite similar.
Egbert.
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