On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 8:08 PM, Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote: > == Update packages to depend on x11-base/xorg-proto == > https://bugs.gentoo.org/651286 > > The new x11-base/xorg-proto package combines nearly all (28 in fact) of > the x11-proto/* packages into one, with a very fast Meson build system. > It installs on my laptop in less time than it takes to ./configure one > of the individual x11-proto/ packages. I've kept empty versions of the > x11-proto/ packages to ease the transition. > > Once the last two architectures have stabilized it (arm@ and arm64@), we > can begin transitioning to depending on x11-base/xorg-proto directly > instead of the x11-proto/ packages.
Question from IRC: why is the package named x11-base/xorg-proto instead of x11-proto/xorgproto? Once all of the now empty compatibility packages in x11-proto/ are gone, the only remaining packages in the category will be printproto and xcb-proto. The plan is to give last rites to printproto and move xcb-proto to some other category, x11-base probably, and get rid of x11-proto/ entirely. The dash in the xorg-proto is just for consistency with the other x11-base/ packages.
