Re: xlibmesa naming and relationships
On Don, 2003-02-06 at 16:28, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:02:34PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > Anyway, we're discussing the xlibmesa packages here, and you're still
> > dodging the question how it's meaningful for those.
>
> I'm not dodging it at all. xlibmesa3 is called xlibmesa3 because:
>
> 1) it's XFree86's version of the Mesa libraries (hence the "x");
> 2) it's the Mesa library (hence the "libmesa"); and
Noone is arguing that.
> 3) it's version 3.x of the Mesa library (hence the "3").
You dodged my vital question again:
'How is the major Mesa version number relevant for the xlibmesa package
name?'
If someone could at least provide a single reason...
> > > > Well, I am trying to get work done, with packages that have a
> > > > relationship to those in question, and I think it's unnecessarily
> > > > hard, for no good reason.
> > >
> > > What's hard about it?
> >
> > It breaks every time the name changes.
>
> What does it break?
Something that provides xlibmesa3-gl, for example.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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