X configuration paradigm, and a proposal

[Jakub Piotr Cłapa]

Dave Airlie wrote:
>>I agree that we don't need anything close to the windows "registry";
>>it's a death trap. At the same time there should be some hiearchial
>>organization of the information. I would prefer the xorg.d directory
>>idea proposed elsewhere. Alternatively, an xorg.conf file, if present,
>>could override any/all xorg.d settings.
> 
> A graphics card driver shouldn't have to knowing about mouse/keyboard
> setting etc, so I think splitting the file into separate pieces for
> each stanza, so a graphics card installer can just drop its piece into
> a directory and not worry about breaking the input devices.. is
> probably a good idea...

It works well for Apache so it should be a good idea for Xorg as well.

-- 
Regards,
Jakub Piotr Cłapa
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