[csw-maintainers] Which x11 library to choose?

[Philip Brown]

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski
<maciej at opencsw.org> wrote:
>
>> Otherwise we end up with the same problem as we have right now, some
>> packages are linked with Sun X11 and some with OpenCSW X11 and when creating
>> a package which is linked to libraries from both categories we get into
>> trouble.
>
> Is it possible to assess how often there are libraries that are not
> likely to be linked against?
>
> I'm asking, because I'm thinking that it might be a good candidate for
> an automated check.

I dont think its possible to make an automated check. Because it
mostly boils down to you having to "magically know", if the library
you are packaging, will ever be needed/wanted by a program that uses
GNOME/gtk.

Thus, the default presumtion these days, is "it needs CSW x11 libs,
unless know know it wont".

This is the core around my original reticence for us to embark upon
our own set of X11 libs (a year ago or more?) which I emailed to the
list at the time;
once we start using them in core stuff; from then on, almost all our
X11 related programs will then have to use them also.

But we decided the benefit was better than the alternative...so now,
most stuff must use our X11 libs.