./x11/libxcb, X protocol C-language Binding

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Branch: pkgsrc-2010Q4, Version: 1.7, Package name: libxcb-1.7, Maintainer: reed

The libxcb package provides a replacement for the current Xlib interface.
Some of its advantages include:
- size: small library and lower memory footprint
- latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- direct protocol access: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol
- proven thread support: transparently access XCB from multiple threads
- easy extension implementation: interfaces auto-generated from XML-XCB

Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make
requests and receive responses with both, which eases porting to XCB.


Required to build:
[lang/python26] [x11/py-xcbgen] [x11/xproto] [x11/xcb-proto]

Master sites:

SHA1: 7540f0587907bce421914f0ddb813810cb2f36f8
RMD160: f6748b9751e339c2669a6b9322b421abbbff7afb
Filesize: 311.151 KB

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