On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 07:28:17PM +0200, ext Mikhail Gusarov wrote: > > Twas brillig at 20:25:43 18.08.2010 UTC+03 when [email protected] did > gyre and gimble: > > VT> But I'm not talking about applications built on the top of > VT> almost-core X protocol, like redbaron. No one does this today. Get > VT> real and useful applications like recent compositor managers or a > VT> browser and come tell me about interoperability with old servers :) > > Nope. Get real and useful old application which uses lots of extensions > and tell me about interoperability with new servers. It works _this_ > way.
I don't think anyone understood... :( ...to name a few extensions constantly being developed: XKB, Xi, Render, DRI2, RandR. Todays applications are built on the top of them. Okay? Now try to port an application using these recent extensions to some old server. It's impossible! There's no standard - we can freely add and remove extensions within X11 implementation and then applications will be loosely following some undefined rule, because the strict part to follow - the X11 core protocol - is useless anyway. I hope I was clear now. And yeah, this thread is becoming boring. I'm done :) PS: I'd guess Julien Danjou shares a lot my way of thinking. Follow here: http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2010.html#Thoughts%20and%20rambling%20on%20the%20X%20protocol Tiago _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
