On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:40 +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Ken Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Log: > > A few more adjustments needed because of changes in xorg. Just installing > > xorg-server doesn't include any video drivers so install xorg-drivers as > > well. And if font-alias isn't installed the X server won't start, > > complaining it can't find the font "fixed". > > Wouldn't it be better to add font-alias, font-misc-misc and > font-cursor-misc as run-time dependencies in the xorg-server port rather > than hardcode the dependency in sysinstall? > > DES
I'm fairly sure the answer to that question is "Yes. But with all the
packages built already it's best to take this approach for 7.0/6.3."
One of the bigger catch-22s of all this stuff... Until the release
package sets show up the packages are *usually* too much of a moving
target to do any sensible testing with. Once the release package sets
do show up fixing major issues is necessary but minor tweaks can
sometimes be too much of a pain.
If the ports folks would prefer to fix it per above I'll back that part
of the patch out but I'll leave it up to them. I think leaving the
xorg-drivers set up the way it is with this patch (and I assume since
you didn't argue that point you agree, I hope I'm not putting words in
your mouth) is probably best. The X stuff being part of the software
distributions is old and I'd like to remove it for 8.X but the general
idea was to make getting an X based workstation running as easy as
possible for a novice. So it's probably best to not expect them to know
what specific driver they need but for people who are more advanced IMHO
xorg-drivers can stay separate from xorg-server so people can choose
just the one they need if they want.
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