xc/programs considered harmful

[Vladimir Dergachev]

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>
> +	Combine released packages together for a 'complete' X release
>
> 	1	Reduce release manager workload.  Right now, the release
> 		manager has to vette patches to individual source files.
> 		With a modular system, the release manager would instead
> 		vette whole package releases.
>
> 	2	Provide different 'profiles', for server, client, docs,
> 		driver authors and application developers.  This would let
> 		people get the new X server without being essentially forced to
> 		also get new X libraries.
>

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>
> It's a chicken-and-egg problem to be sure, but I think the existing
> demonstrations of modularized X environments provide sufficient
> information about the work needed to do the whole job.
>

I think that CVS allows one to have modules pointing to a subdirectory 
within, right ?

This might provide an easy migration path - have xc as is, create new 
modules pointing to individual components (Xserver, fonts, library. 
programs) and gradually apply patches allowing components to build when 
checked out by themselves.

Does this make sense ?

                           best

                              Vladimir Dergachev