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On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:50:01 +0200, Mick wrote about [gentoo-user] |
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Cairo XCB: |
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>I have seen messages similar to these: |
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> * Messages for package x11-libs/cairo-1.8.10: |
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> * You have enabled the Cairo XCB backend which is used only by |
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> * a select few apps. The Cairo XCB backend is presently |
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> * un-maintained and needs a lot of work to get it caught up |
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> * to the Xrender and Xlib backends, which are the backends used |
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> * by most applications. See: |
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> * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2008-December/004139.html |
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[snip] |
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>which means that it's the default. What should I do with it, wait |
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>until the default profile gets rid of it, or do something different? |
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My take is that the warning is against writing new applications that |
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might use the XCB back-end. Unless you are writing expressly X Window |
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(i.e. low level) applications, just ignore it. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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