What's plan for USE_LINUX with USE_XLIB?

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:01:21 -0500, Alexander Leidinger  
<Alexander at Leidinger.net> wrote:

> Quoting "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> (Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:55:23  
> -0500):
>
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I am not sure what's plan for USE_LINUX with USE_XLIB? I am maintaining
>> for www/linux-opera and this port is last one that have USE_XLIB in my
>> maintainship of ports. I am wondering if I should remove USE_XLIB from
>> linux-opera and manual add dependencies in Makefile or I should wait for
>> something to get change in future? Thanks.
>>
>> BTW: Please CC to me as I am not in this list.
>
> We used this to select the right X11 port during a transition period.
> Strictly speaking it's not needed currently, but it will be needed in
> the next transition period. Boris is working on a system like you use
> in GNOME to select some linux dependencies. I think the X stuff is a
> good candidate for this.
>
> He wants to introduce this in the near future, so for now just keep the
> USE_XLIB (the behavior is redefined in the USE_LINUX case anyway).

Awsome, look forward for that. I shall keep USE_XLIB until it's ready.  
Thanks!

Cheers,
Mezz

> Bye,
> Alexander.


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