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  1. Bug #68430
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 68430

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 68430] Re: Dependencies allow driver packages to be removed too easily

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 04:16:57AM -0000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > I think we ought to tighten the dependencies on xserver-xorg
> > so that all video drivers must be installed. Users who truly
> > intend to strip down their systems like this should use
> > xserver-xorg-core + the driver they need.
>
> yes, except the configuration infrastructure is still in xserver-xorg,
> so this is not a sane option to be recommending.

At this time, it's much more important to ensure proper desktop upgrades
than to support stripped-down configurations, so this still seems like the
best option for the present. It's also my understanding that the server
should be able to run without a configuration file in many more
circumstances soon; isn't that so?

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 - mdz