Removing unwanted xorg-x11-drv packages

[dragoran]

Rahul wrote:
> Steve Grubb wrote:
>> On Tuesday 05 September 2006 09:02, Pasha R wrote:
>>> I don't think it is a good idea, distribution-wise. If you ever upgade
>>> your graphic card, you will get a non-working system.
>>
>> Then I wonder what the point was to splitting them up? I was one who 
>> thought this would be a great time to jettison all the old video card 
>> drivers. Like when would you ever install a Tseng video card? Or S3? 
>> And if you did, won't the Vesa drivers work well enough until you 
>> install a more optimized driver?
>>
>> -Steve
>
> We have already had this conversation in fedora-devel list before. It 
> makes sense to split it up because it saves time in building the 
> packages and releasing it independently when there is a security bug 
> in one of the drivers for example.
>
> In the future, if we have the ability to install drivers on demand, 
> the packaging might be changed but it might not be worth the pain (put 
> a disc or setup a network) for a short amount of space saving.
but this should also work if a user don't have a internet connection 
(asking for a cd/dvd or anything like this)
>
> Rahul
>