On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 06:00:15PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
> Great work, Branden. Thanks a lot.
>
> BR> + mkfontdir will howl about 3 fonts in xfonts-75dpi. This is
> BR> an upstream bug and has already been reported. I don't want
> BR> to hear about it.
>
> Haven't heard about it. Which fonts are these?
I sent mail to the xpert list yesterday about them; I don't have the list
handy right now.
> BR> + [xbase-clients?] new utilities: dpsexec, dpsinfo, [...] texteroids,
>
> I'm wondering about the wisdom of making xbase-clients dependent on
> the DPS libraries.
Yeah, some people complain about this. I remain unconvinced. Gratuitous
package proliferation is bad.
> BR> + [xspecs] most of these files have been renamed because
> BR> upstream rejected my patch to give them IMO more sensible
> BR> names
>
> Does that mean that the X books have different names upstream and in
> Debian? If so, I think it's a very bad idea as it will make telling
> people to RTFM horribly awkward.
Well, this isn't the case anymore. They used to be named differently; now
they aren't.
> BR> - new library; libXmuu, a version of Xmu that does not depend on Xt
> BR> (shared version)
>
> That's not quite accurate. It's a library that contains only those
> symbols from Xmu that have been found to be used by many non-Xt
> clients. It is by no means a replacement for Xmu.
Okay, thanks for the clarification.
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