Re: to upgrade xorg-server sanely, i'd like to create xorg-server.old

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <19836.1465322978%splode.eterna.com.au@localhost>,
matthew green  <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
>hi folks.
>
>
>we've had success in the main tree using 'foo' and 'foo.old' subdirs
>to upgrade complex components that may require help from many people,
>and i'd like to use that method to update xorg-server which is quite
>old at this point, but has many many local changes that will take time
>to port across (and then will be in a better position to push upstream
>as well.)  the existing server is 42MB in my current check out, so
>this would be duplicated in xsrc.
>
>i'll probably start this in the next week or so, but i'd like to see
>if there are any objections first.

Whee, go for it!

christos