Comments on bug 140214 - the removal of X utilities?

[William Hooper]

Bryan Ischo said:
>> This is no different than other packages (i.e. kernel features).  If
>> upstream has plans to remove a feature, it is best to get that change in
>>  as early as possible to see the effects.
>
> Perhaps so.  Exactly what effects are you expecting to see the result of
> from removing a couple of utility programs, aside from user consternation
> that these programs are no longer available?

Well, the number of people on the CC: for the bug about their removal (for
the record, two).  The number of bugs filed about their removal (two, from
a quick search).

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> Once X.org is modularized I would be happy to maintain the RPM associated
>  with the lesser-used X.org components.  Until then, it just doesn't make
>  alot of sense to me to have to come up with a completely new spec file,

I suggest you join the Fedora-Extras list.  I'm sure there are some people
that would be kind enough to help you out.

> which I am not sure but I imagine will be burdensome because these
> programs are still so embedded in the X.org software base,

So perhaps you can just start with the existing spec file and limit the
files that your RPM contains.  It wouldn't be much different than what the
VNC SRPM does.

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William Hooper