On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:03:04 -0500
DRC <dcomman...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > Ah, I see. That makes sense. I don't know how the current deferred
> > update system is implemented, but I'll have a look.
> >
> > The behaviour of sending changed areas immediately on a FUR is a bug
> > IMO and should be fixed if it's there in the current code base. The way
> > deferred updates is documented, it's supposed to aggregate changes over
> > a certain time. That should mean that you cannot get updates at a
> > faster rate than that timer.
> >
> > Does everyone agree with that assessment?
> >   
> If it were any other protocol than RFB, I'd say definitely yes.  With
> RFB, though, I'm not sure if I understand the ramifications of it well
> enough to say one way or another.  I had to do a lot of testing with
> TurboVNC before I was comfortable shipping it with modified RFB
> behavior, and even still, it took three major releases for me to finally
> get it right.
> 

We don't have to agree on how this should be implemented right now, just
the principle that "deferred update" should mean to aggregate all
changes over a certain time, regardless of how FUR:s arrive. As you
say, actually getting that behaviour might take a few attempts.

Rgds
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