On Mit, 2005-08-31 at 22:17 +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: > Jürg Billeter wrote: > > BTW: The modular/monolithic decision will be irrelevant for future > > releases as 6.9 will be the last monolithic release. > > > > I've not been keeping up with this at all. What does it mean to build X > modular or monolithic? What's the difference, what's the big idea?
Monolithic build: no change Modular build: Every library, driver,... separated in single packages and fully autotooled build. The big idea is to make it easier to develop and release/update single packages. "6.9 and 7.0 will contain identical source code, but 7.0 will feature a modular, autotooled build system." More info can be found at xorg.freedesktop.org Jürg -- Jürg Billeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
