Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X plans

[Ian Leitch <port001@gentoo.org>]

Donnie Berkholz wrote:
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> Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> | The new categories are x11-apps, x11-proto and x11-drivers. Of these,
> | the name for x11-proto (the protocol headers) is debatable. The upstream
> | module they're all in is called "proto," and their pkg-config (*.pc)
> | files are called fooproto. But I'm also open to names such as
> | x11-protocol or x11-headers, so let me know what you think makes the
> | most sense, both in understanding the meaning and in combination with
> | upstream's naming.
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> I'm still awaiting any solid arguments against x11-proto, and they had
> best be expedited (read below for why).

I don't dislike x11-proto, x11-headers is just a little more descriptive 
from the perspective of an ignorant user. More informed users know that 
X is the actual protocol, so x11-proto could read to them as "protocol 
protocols", or "protocols of a protocol". Besides, we have category 
metadata anyway.

Regards,
Ian.
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