[vlc-commits] commit: Some packagers news ( Rémi Denis-Courmont )

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vlc/vlc-1.1 | branch: master | Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> | Wed Apr 21 20:51:46 2010 +0300| [899cb813e8396b95cfb4e45389c6074c7a0d5e44] | committer: Rémi Denis-Courmont 

Some packagers news

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 44af0d6..a0e73da 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ Important changes for packagers:
    by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
    can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
    launch each time.
+ * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
+   - xproto,
+   - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
+   - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
+   - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
+ * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
+   required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
 
 Access:
  * Support for the sftp protocol