Re: [AD] outdated files cleanup

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On Sunday 13 August 2006 6:45 pm, Peter Wang wrote:
> On 2006-08-13, Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 22:36 +0200, Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> > > On Sunday 13 August 2006 22:15, Elias Pschernig wrote:
> > > > get rid of the current al_create_display which simply hooks into the
> > > > 4.2 set_gfx_mode.
> > >
> > > I suppose you mean, rewrite al_create_display() to use the new drivers
> > > rather than piggy-bagging on top of the old drivers? ;)
> > > Anyway, arguing semantics. Personally I think it's a good idea to at
> > > least temporarily remove or disable unused drivers, because I found
> > > that having them around was a deterrent for working on the new drivers.
> >
> > Yes, that's exactly my motivation. Can't say why, but all the outdated
> > stuff makes me cd .. out of 4.3 again whenever I want to start working
> > on the display code :)
>
> Would it really help?  I would prefer you didn't "delete" the code, but
> feel free not to update old drivers.

It just makes the main tree look and feel cleaner. Its hard to get working on 
something with a ton of old, unusable code laying around.

> Peter
>
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