On Don, 2003-02-06 at 16:28, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:02:34PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > Anyway, we're discussing the xlibmesa packages here, and you're still > > dodging the question how it's meaningful for those. > > I'm not dodging it at all. xlibmesa3 is called xlibmesa3 because: > > 1) it's XFree86's version of the Mesa libraries (hence the "x"); > 2) it's the Mesa library (hence the "libmesa"); and Noone is arguing that. > 3) it's version 3.x of the Mesa library (hence the "3"). You dodged my vital question again: 'How is the major Mesa version number relevant for the xlibmesa package name?' If someone could at least provide a single reason... > > > > Well, I am trying to get work done, with packages that have a > > > > relationship to those in question, and I think it's unnecessarily > > > > hard, for no good reason. > > > > > > What's hard about it? > > > > It breaks every time the name changes. > > What does it break? Something that provides xlibmesa3-gl, for example. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
