On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: >> >> Option "AGPSize" "128" >> > >> >BTW, I renamed this to "GARTSize" in current DRI CVS. >> >> Is AGPsize an alias? > >No, I'm not aware of an alias mechanism for options. > >> Or when people upgrade in the future will their configuration break >> if it is using AGPSize? > >It won't break, they'll just use the default GART aperture size again. >:) I can add back "AGPSize" as well though if people feel that's >important.
I'm just a bit worried about how many bug reports and support requests will hit XFree86 mailing lists/bugzilla/dri lists about the name of the option changing. It's been "AGPsize" forever, and everyone out there will basically use that option name by default in a future X release, without knowing that it doesn't work. I think when things like this are changed, it is important to both document it widely, and also provide a backward compatibility mechanism. Otherwise it confuses users, and can cause tech support problems. I see the name change as only cosmetically beneficial, with a cost of confusion. -- Mike A. Harris ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
