xc/programs considered harmful
Egbert Eich
eich at suse.de
Mon Dec 20 06:11:41 PST 2004
Daniel Stone writes:
> Hi all,
> Does anyone realistically care about[0] the following directories:
> xc/programs/xterm
> xc/programs/xlogo
> xc/programs/xclock
> xc/programs/xeyes
> xc/programs/xbiff
> xc/programs/xcalc
> xc/programs/xedit
> xc/programs/xmessage
> xc/programs/xmh
> xc/programs/xman
> xc/programs/xrx
> xc/programs/xvidtune
>
> If no-one objects (read: steps in and starts maintaining the relevant
> program) to the removal of any of these, I would like to kick them from
> the tree ASAP. They have no place in the tree as we move towards a
> monolithic structure, and at least one (xterm) has a very active
> upstream. If xterm remains in the monolithic tree, it should be moved
> to extras/, along with lib/Xrender, lib/Xrandr, et al.
>
I do object.
I would like to preserve the monolithic tree and it's structure as long
as people are using it.
Instead I would suggest to make building of these bits configurable.
Egbert.
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