Modularization development notes [was Re: RFA sent to the ArchWG]

[Kevin E Martin]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 04:31:35PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 17:59 -0400, Kevin E Martin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > So, should we then integrate the code directly into the modular tree
> > into both lib and app?  Or, should we just keep it together in lib even
> > though cxpm and sxpm are apps?
> 
> Our lib/app separation is largely synthetic -- many packages build both
> applications and libraries, so we should focus on the primary interface
> to a particular package which, in this case, is the library.  cxpm and
> sxpm are just ancilary tools for the Xpm package and should be included
> with the library in any packaging.
> 
> Similarly, fontconfig provides 'fc-cache, fc-match and fc-list' as a
> part of its package.

That sounds very reasonable to me.

Kevin