On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 11:33 +1100, David Timms wrote: > I attempted to remove some of the xorg-x11-drv-mga /s3 etc since I have > only an ATI card, but found that the particular drivers "is needed by > (installed) xorg-x11-drivers". > > Can the .spec be modified so that -drivers requires one-or-more -drv? > Also, the -drv-* would then need be a provider of -drv. This means an > update would only need to dl/install one of the 50 or so drivers. > > I guess by default it would make sense to install a few base drv that > can be used as a fallback when no specific driver exists. The installer > would need to "know" which drv to install above the fallbacks, perhaps > such code needs to be invented first ? that is a LOT of work, for almost no gain (X drivers are really tiny). In addition it makes moving disks between machines harder etc etc... so I hope the fedora core developers spend their time on more important issues than this ;) (it can easily be several manweeks of work.. and there's much bigger fish to fry on the X front, like automatic configuration etc etc) -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list