stripping off "xf86-*-" from drivers

[Matthieu Herrb]

Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> 
>>> Even so, I really like Dave's idea.
>> Why? Why can anyone agree with "Let's go monolithic again so that i 
>> still do not have to bother in any way about being slightly backwards 
>> compatible".
> 
> Because less backwards compatibility constraints result
> in more useful development.

Or just more friendly to lazy developpers?

> It may seem counter-intuitive, but Linux breaks its ABI as
> many times as the developers see fit, and *therefore* it
> comes with the largest driver base of any existing OS.

Do you have specific data to show that there's a correlation between the
two ?

I'm not convinced at all.

I meet people who pester against the constant break in Linux drivers
quite often. Especially in the domain of embedded systems, many projects
use older versions of the kernel or glibc and are  really concerned by
the difficulty for their projects to move forward, given the huge amount
of incompatible changes they have to deal with.

Incompatible changes from time to time are still ok but not if they can
be avoided at a reasonable cost. And they should be clearly documented
and announced in advance.
-- 
Matthieu Herrb