Subject: Re: bug#25953: [PATCH] gnu: mesa: Build LLVM Gallium drivers.

From: Ricardo Wurmus <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:29:15 +0100

Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/25953>.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/gl.scm (mesa)[inputs]: Add llvm.
>> [arguments]: Build LLVM Gallium drivers.
>
> I'm uncomfortable adding llvm as a requirement for our most minimal X11
> system, for several reasons.  Can we find a way to make this optional?

Would it make sense to add a “mesa-minimal” package and a minimal
variant of xorg-server where any mesa package is rewritten to be
mesa-minimal?

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Ricardo

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