xc/programs considered harmful

[Egbert Eich]

Leon, 

I don't think Daniel is suggesting to deprecate this code.
 He merely suggest to move them to the monolithic tree.

However I don't agree with his assesment that many of the bits he
listed are 'out of the scope of X.Org'. The fact that developers
still use these applications for testing purposes should be enough
to give them a home inder X.Org's roof.

Egbert.

Leon Shiman writes:
 > Daniel -
 > 
 > There  is a procedure already in place for deprecating ANY code. It is part 
 > of X.Org's commitment to stability of the code base.  The Architecture Group 
 > is the place to start; under Paul Anderson's chairmanship they are empowered 
 > to review and propose changes. You should write xorg_arch at x.org.
 > 
 > It is also inappropriate to propose cdhanges - much less changes of this 
 > magnitude - just prior to the Christmas-New Year's holidays, which affect 
 > many active members of the community.
 > 
 > I suggest you start by reviewing standing policies with Paul Anderson.
 > 
 > Leon
 > 
 > on Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:45:51 +0100 Daniel Stone wrote:
 > >
 > >On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 11:40 -0500, Stuart Anderson wrote:
 > >> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Daniel Stone wrote:
 > >> > I understand that xeyes/xlogo/xedit/etc are all neat and whatever, but 
 > I
 > >> > don't see their place in the monolithic tree, and I think we can set a
 > >> > great precedent by moving the maintainence of these tools to the 
 > modular
 > >> > tree, if they are still required, and then that can become the 
 > canonical
 > >> > upstream source.
 > >> 
 > >> I don't think your first message was explicite about adding them to the
 > >> module tree, which means they are just moving, not being purged from the
 > >> universe.
 > >> 
 > >> Which modular project would these be moving to?
 > >
 > >If people wanted to maintain them, fd.o has an 'xapps' repository.
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