New subpackage xfig-Xaw3d

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 19:32 +0100, Joachim Frieben wrote:
> > Who knows. It is always better to have a fallback known to work.
> > Moreover xfig is different from xdvi.

> Other distros have been using Xaw3d [which must have been around for
> more than a decade now] 
True, but ...

> as standard widget library for xfig for a while already without any
> particular problems.
... this isn't entirely true.

In the past, xfig had exposed quite a couple of compatibility issues
between Xaw3d and Xaw, but ...

... it's been a while since then and xfig and Xaw3d both might have been
improved ... I don't know.

So, IMHO, somebody better should check if these "other distros" have
Xaw3D related patches applied to Xaw3D and/or xfig. IIRC, in the past at
least SuSE had.

Ralf