On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 13:30:54 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > This is a problem that affects a number of protocols: > - updating the protocol and recompiling the server makes it announce a > false version. > - updating the server but not the protocol makes it announces a false > version. > - having a separate server define means over time we will forget to update > it (libXcomposite has seen this effect already). > > only the second issue is currently prevented by pkgconfig. > This define only fixes the issue for now, I'd rather see a solution that > addresses this issue properly and for all protocol repos. > Though I'm not sure yet how that solution should look like. > The first issue seems more important to me, so I thought it was worth addressing even if we don't fix everything at once. Announcing a too small version doesn't break anything, it just reduces functionality. Announcing a version you don't actually support means correct apps get BadRequest errors.
Cheers, Julien _______________________________________________ xorg-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
