David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 08:17:09PM -0500, Jason Bacon wrote: > > What's the reasoning for maintaining two X11 collections? > > > > My view is that man-hours are precious, so if there isn't a very good > > reason to duplicate effort, then don't. > > > > I personally use modular for all my pkgsrc trees, mainly for consistency > > across platforms (CentOS, NetBSD, OS X). > > The short answer is "Having X on non-x86 ports". > > A somewhat longer form of that is: (a) pkgsrc crosscompiling is still > not what it needs to be to get X built for all ports using fast build > servers; (b) there are drivers and other bits that are only in native > X so a big reconciliation is needed and this looks like work; (c) > there's a faction that doesn't want to have to set up pbulk to get X > built. And (d) I feel like I'm forgetting something. All good points, but one can install a system with xsrc and use the in-tree server, and clients, and then let pkgsrc build x libs for pkgsrc uses, without any real trouble except duplication. (I am not arguing to change the default at this point; just pointing out that aside from having two copies of a bunch of smallish libs, it's not that bad.)
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