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author | Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann@daimi.au.dk> | 2005-05-13 22:53:36 +0000 |
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committer | Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann@daimi.au.dk> | 2005-05-13 22:53:36 +0000 |
commit | 7eee605e3aeed549d1053325a03027c5e8cbf71b (patch) | |
tree | 3cea3cc392af388deb1b7ded8b50889008ca2a6f /README | |
parent | 6769ccda88caf27d1441d335ef2b318a047a612b (diff) |
- For now put xtrans in X11/Xtrans/X11, since libX11 is looking for it in <X11/...>XORG-6_8_99_7
- For Xcomposite and Xdamage, don't link the build system out of the xc tree
- Link the public X11 headers into their own directory
- Add links to XKeysymDB and XErrorDB
- Add links to all the Xlib man pages
- Add links to the lcUniConv subdirectory
- Conditionally include config.h in Xlib source
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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +#define S(x, y) y##x + +Please contact S(south.rr.com, wt@mid, and jim.gettys@hp.com) before doing +any commits on this module. + +This is the libX11 from XFree86. + +The goal of this project are (1) to get libX11 out of the huge +XF86 hunk of code, (2) to make it buildable with autotools, and +(3) keep the ability to easily merge bug fixes from libX11 in +XF86 into this code, (4) make it possible for people to work with +Xlib without having to deal with the entire XFree86 distribution, +so that bugs can get detected and fixed, (5) provide a place to +move the X library forward. + +1 and 2 are related in that a new build system will need to be +developed to get libX11 building outside of the XF86 tree. +Autotools was chosen for a variety of reasons, not the least +of which was that it is very common in the open source community. + +For 3, notice that the directory structure of the src subdirectory +is congruant to the directory structure of xc/lib/X11 in the +XFree86 tree. Absolutely, do not break this unless this becomes +the dominant libX11. This allows easier incorporation of patches +from the XFree86 libX11. + +For 4, notice that the library can be built without having to build +everything else, so you can build and test enhancements without +replacing your entire X distribution. + +For 5, see the xlibs@pdx.freedesktop.org mailing list. For example, +lots of "stuff" was pushed into Xlib that should have been stand-alone +libraries, since they are not of universal interest and touch the X +wire protocol. (Mea culpa; a mistake I made 15 years ago that didn't +matter much in the days before shared libraries has been amplified for +aeons- jg). And Xlib does not tolerate loss of its connection well, +and so on... + +Thanks for checking this package out, Warren Turkal and Jim Gettys. + |