Status of xserver/debrix/modular tree?

Jeremy Kolb jkolb at brandeis.edu
Thu Feb 10 10:38:52 PST 2005


Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 09:50:31AM -0500, Jim Gettys wrote:
> 
>>At the same time we release a modular X release, containing a
>>traditional Xlib implementation, we also try to have an alternate xcb
>>package release, which more experimental people can try and use in a
>>more aggressive way.
> 
> 
> Given we don't provide binaries, this is as easy as just not removing
> the --with-xcb option from libX11, and distributors can choose to
> provide alternate packages for testing.  Personally, I have libx11-6-xcb
> packages rearing to go for the day when I get to upload packages of
> modular X.
> 
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Currently xlib does not build with xcb, the m4 to xml transition broke 
it.  There is a patch floating around on the xcb mailing list to fix it.

Jeremy



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