tags 292750 + wontfix
thanks
Hi,
Cyril Bouthors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Sat, Jan 29, 2005:
> The --server option should not need the $DISPLAY environment variable:
I've talked with upstream about that, and it's clear it won't be fixed
any time soon.
First we talked about whether it was fixable at all, and concluded that
Galeon is quite tightly bound to Gtk and other libs tightened to Gtk.
Then we talked about the decrease of performances this might cause,
--server is there so fasten startup times, and while the overall gain
might be currently caused by multiple factors, such as:
- a process forks instead of being completely resolved by ld,
- the graphic engines are initialized.
... making it so that --server can work without the graphics
initialization might decrease the benefit of the server mode.
My general feeling is that it's not a priority to permit such
flexibility and it's acceptable to require a DISPLAY for server mode.
I'm tagging the bug wontfix, since work is not going to happen in this
direction any time soon, but if you provide help or patches, I'll
transmit them upstream of course.
Regards,
--
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Neutral President: I have no strong feelings one way or the other."
