[PATCH v3 3/3] xfree86: remove board and vendor identifier strings from the configuration path

Dan Nicholson dbn.lists at gmail.com
Mon Jun 28 06:19:06 PDT 2010


On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)
<tiago.vignatti at nokia.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 08:07:07AM +0200, ext Keith Packard wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:24:29 +0300, Tiago Vignatti <tiago.vignatti at nokia.com> wrote:
>>
>> > ABI break.
>>
>> Doesn't this also break anhy config files that include vendorname or
>> boardname elements?
>
> yes, it does. Do you think is it a problem?
>
> Anyway, I'll have to amend in this patch the removal of VendorName entry in
> xorg man page.

Why don't we just print a warning that they're obsolete? You can still
remove the members from the structure if you want an ABI break.

    case VENDOR:
        OBSOLETE_MSG("Vendor");
        break;

--
Dan


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