Re: Can we get rid of fvwm1?

[Michael Jensen <rednight%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2012, Julio Merino wrote:

> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:12:17 -0400
> From: Julio Merino <julio%meroh.net@localhost>
> To: pkgsrc-users%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Subject: Can we get rid of fvwm1?
>
> Hello,
>
> While looking at upgrading fvwm to the latest 2.6.x release, I found
> that the package is way more complicated than it should be due to the
> fact that we attempt to allow the installation of the old fvwm1 along
> the newer 2.x versions.  I could understand the need for this years
> ago, but not today.
>
> So, questions:
>
> 1) Can we remove fvwm1?  If not, why not?  (Note that the fvwm1 package
> depends on the xpmroot tool that comes with fvwm 2.x... so this is
> weird.)

Please don't fvwm1 is a very lean nice window manager especially for older 
hardware.

> 2) If we cannot remove fvwm1, could we move the "hacks" to support
> coexistence into the fvwm1 package to keep the newer fvwm package
> leaner (and thus easier to maintain)?  In particular, that'd mean
> renaming a few of the installation directories to fvwm1.
>
> Thanks.

I have no problems with that.

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