[Bug 262491] [NEW] Please remove xserver-xgl (universe) from the archives

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Binary package hint: xserver-xgl

Please remove the xserver-xgl package source and xserver-xgl binary
packages from Intrepid Universe.

Justification:
*) Xgl is no longer useful for the vast majority of Ubuntu users.  All free drivers which have enough 3D support to run Xgl now also support the GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap extension, as do the new fglrx and nvidia drivers.  For these users Xgl is worse than useless.
*) Xgl is all but abandoned upstream.  It has been removed from the master branch of xorg git, and the last update to the xgl-0-0-1 branch was six months ago.
*) The xserver-xgl package fails to build from source, and, with the removal of the mesa-swrast-source package from the mesa packaging, will require at least a copy of the mesa source be added to its source tarball before it will build, probably an old copy.

xserver-xgl has no rdepends.

** Affects: xserver-xgl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

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Please remove xserver-xgl (universe) from the archives
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/262491
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