[gentoo-user] [OT?] What's going on with X.org?

[gentoo-user] [OT?] What's going on with X.org?

[Holly Bostick]

Hey, all--

I just did an esync and I have a *huge* number of X.org-related masked
packages-- from a whole lot of 'Prototype headers', to fonts, libraries,
and drivers.

Clearly there's big changes a-coming. Oh, I see-- this is modular X.org,
I guess.

Does anyone know where there might be a summary of what this means to a
user generally, or a Gentoo user specifically? The information on the
freedesktop site is more targeted at developers, which doesn't so much
help me, especially since I've got 'special circumstances' (that bloody
ATI card).

I'd really like to know what to expect as this migration propagates down
to me... before it does.

Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?] What's going on with X.org?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:32:08 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:

> Does anyone know where there might be a summary of what this means to a
> user generally, or a Gentoo user specifically? The information on the
> freedesktop site is more targeted at developers, which doesn't so much
> help me, especially since I've got 'special circumstances' (that bloody
> ATI card).

See the thread entitle 'Modular X plans' on the gentoo-dev list.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/linux.gentoo.dev/browse_thread/thread/674511db8587e1dc/61bc838c6a485964?lnk=st&q=modular+x+plans&rnum=1&hl=en#61bc838c6a485964


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?] What's going on with X.org?

[Holly Bostick]

Neil Bothwick schreef:
> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:32:08 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
> 
> 
>>Does anyone know where there might be a summary of what this means to a
>>user generally, or a Gentoo user specifically? The information on the
>>freedesktop site is more targeted at developers, which doesn't so much
>>help me, especially since I've got 'special circumstances' (that bloody
>>ATI card).
> 
> 
> See the thread entitle 'Modular X plans' on the gentoo-dev list.
> 
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/linux.gentoo.dev/browse_thread/thread/674511db8587e1dc/61bc838c6a485964?lnk=st&q=modular+x+plans&rnum=1&hl=en#61bc838c6a485964
> 
> 
<reads>
</sighs>
</reminds herself that this is ultimately A Very Good Thing>
</reads>
<thanks Neil for the link>
Thanks, Neil.
</thanks>
<wishes the dev team luck and strength in handling what looks like a
huge job>
Go, dev team! We believe in you! If anybody can manage this migration
(relatively) painlessly, you can!
<hopes for the best>

Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?] What's going on with X.org?

[Bastian Balthazar Bux]

Holly Bostick wrote:
[snip]
> Go, dev team! We believe in you! If anybody can manage this migration
> (relatively) painlessly, you can!

have a preview, pasting from gentoo-dev:

Donnie Berkholz wrote:

|Donnie Berkholz wrote:
|
| I started a brief migrating to modular X howto, on popular demand.
| Comments and additions would be appreciated.
|
| It's at
| http://dev.gentoo.org/~spyderous/xorg-x11/migrating_to_modular_x_howto.txt
|
| Thanks,
| Donnie

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