Thanks, Arnaud. On May 24, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Arnaud Fontaine wrote:
> Hi, > >> I didn't see mention of this in the announce list, so I wanted to >> point out to other packagers that this release of xcb-util-* is >> *NOT* binary compatible with 0.3.6. That really should've been >> mentioned at the top of the release notes. > > I agree that I should have provided more information about that release > in the announce email (sorry about that), especially for packagers as it > might be very confusing. So here it is: > > Previously, there was only one git repository, namely xcb/util (still > available there[0]), containing the following libraries: > > * libxcb-atom (atom directory) > * libxcb-property (property directory) > * libxcb-aux (aux directory) > * libxcb-event (event directory) > * libxcb-icccm (icccm directory) > * libxcb-image (image directory) > * libxcb-keysyms (keysyms directory) > * libxcb-render-util (renderutil directory) > > Following the split up of xcb-util git repository, here are more > information to update an existing application/library to 0.3.8 (note > that ones depending only on libxcb-image, libxcb-render-util or > libxcb-keysyms should have nothing to do at all): > > * xcb/util (where event, aux and atom directories were merged into a > single directory, namely src/ directory): > > + 4010e92: Remove xcb_atom_get_fast*(), meaningless without predefined > atoms, and xcb_atom_get_name(), use xcb_get_atom_name() (or > xcb_get_atom_name_unchecked()) and xcb_get_atom_name_reply() > instead. > > + 00a192d: Remove xcb_atom_get(), xcb_intern_atom() (or > xcb_intern_atom_unchecked()) and xcb_intern_atom_reply() should be > used instead. > > + 2f0334b: Remove atoms previously declared in xcb_atom.h as they are > available as part of xcb-proto since 1.6. > > + 118a3c8: Create a single shared library and header file and reset > SONAME. > > - Merge libxcb-atom, libxcb-aux and libxcb-event into a single > library, namely libxcb-util. > > The pkgconfig files and header files for atom (xcb-atom.pc > xcb_atom.h), aux (xcb-aux.pc and xcb_aux.h) and xcb-event > (xcb-event.pc and xcb_event.h) have been kept for backward > compatibility. > > xcb_util.h is only a convenient header to include all of the > others. > > + 81c62e7: Delete callback-based APIs for events, properties, and > replies (bad API that should not be used). > > - Remove libxcb-property library. > - Remove xcb_event_handlers_init(). > - Remove xcb_event_get_xcb_connection(). > - Remove xcb_event_wait_for_event_loop(). > - Remove xcb_event_poll_for_event_loop(). > - Remove xcb_event_handle(). > - Remove xcb_event_set_handler(). > - Remove xcb_event_set_error_handler(). > - Remove xcb_event_set_EVENT_handler() functions. > > + 16dd0d5: Delete redundant core-protocol error codes (namely > XCB_EVENT_* macros for error codes), the following sed expression > should correct any existing code: > > s/\<XCB_EVENT_ERROR_SUCCESS\>/0/g > s/\<XCB_EVENT_ERROR_BAD_COLOR\>/XCB_COLORMAP/g > s/\<XCB_EVENT_ERROR_BAD_GC\>/XCB_G_CONTEXT/g > s/\<XCB_EVENT_ERROR_BAD_/XCB_/g > > + 9139e56: Rename XCB_EVENT_ERROR_SUCESS to XCB_EVENT_ERROR_SUCCESS > (was a typo). > > * xcb/util-wm: > > + 0e78799: Prefix all public icccm functions by xcb_icccm following > the naming scheme of other libraries. > > + a371b9d: Delete callback-based APIs for events, properties, and > replies (bad API that should not be used). > > - Remove xcb_watch_*(). > > + 857235f: xcb_set_wm_protocols() and xcb_set_wm_protocols_checked() > window parameter was inverted with wm_protocols parameter. > > + ad5cac4: Add API for WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS. > > + 896ab26: Add extra 'format' parameter for xcb_set_wm_name*(). > > + 3eeeb19: Add setters for WM_CLASS and WM_TRANSIENT. > > > You can also find examples of updating applications there[1][2][3]. Hope > that helps. > > Cheers, > -- > Arnaud Fontaine > > [0] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util-old/ > [1] > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xlsclients/commit/?id=223851b68fedad730747652bc6560e40ca695ea7 > [2] > http://git.naquadah.org/?p=awesome.git;a=commitdiff;h=be7fda45d818ebe6d1029b4813e5fed3e81c19db > [3] > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=pulseaudio-xcb-util-0.3.8-debian.patch;att=1;bug=624847 _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
