a new view on conflicts

[Auke Kok]

On Tue, 30 May 2006 07:18:31 +0200 (CEST), Stefan Wold <ratler at lunar-linux.org> wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Hmm I got split feelings about this idea. I think CONFLICTS really belong
> to the module and not to the moonbase. This just make it more complex,
> either we remove CONFLICTS from all modules and use your idea or we stick
> to CONFLICTS, having 2 choices will just confuse people.
> 
> Auke, you know the code, are there any other problems related to this?

I already wrote a whole reply - no idea where it went, so here we go again:

1. codewise it can be done, no-brainer really

2. long-term impact: conflicts will become less clear, we'll get conflicting conflicts

3. motivational argument *for* this code is weak: having xproto conflict with XOrg-test is enough - we are still not writing a distro for babies and your mom. There is really no reason to add all xorg7 modules to the XOrg-test/CONFLICTS and XOrg-test to all xorg7-modules' conflicts. I think most users can figure that one out. Once xorg7 replaces xorg-6.8.x it will remove another conflict too. We already killer xfree86 so those are out of the equation as well.

bottom line: too much code for a small problem...

Cheers,

Auke