Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-22 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Thomas Voß wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Alan Griffiths wrote: On 21/10/15 11:38, Thomas Voß wrote: Well, we always need to satisfy the case of handing configuration up & down a nested shell scene. If we don't add the respective functionality

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-22 Thread Alan Griffiths
On 21/10/15 19:15, Thomas Voß wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Alan Griffiths > wrote: >> On 21/10/15 11:38, Thomas Voß wrote: >>> Well, we always need to satisfy the case of handing configuration up & down >>> a >>> nested shell scene. If we don't add the respective functionality to >>>

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-21 Thread Thomas Voß
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Alan Griffiths wrote: > On 21/10/15 11:38, Thomas Voß wrote: >> Well, we always need to satisfy the case of handing configuration up & down a >> nested shell scene. If we don't add the respective functionality to >> the client api, we end up in >> the situation of

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-21 Thread Alan Griffiths
On 21/10/15 11:38, Thomas Voß wrote: > Well, we always need to satisfy the case of handing configuration up & down a > nested shell scene. If we don't add the respective functionality to > the client api, we end up in > the situation of Unity8 being unable to speak to its parent Mir > instance. Wit

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-21 Thread Thomas Voß
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:21 PM, wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Gerry Boland > wrote: >> >> Hey folks, >> it appears this topic has gone stale, without any consensus being reached. >> A core issue impacting this discussion which remains undecided is the >> following: >> >> - Is it i

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-21 Thread raof
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Gerry Boland wrote: Hey folks, it appears this topic has gone stale, without any consensus being reached. A core issue impacting this discussion which remains undecided is the following: - Is it in Mir's scope as a display server to provide a client api for

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-20 Thread Alan Griffiths
On 20/10/15 13:16, Gerry Boland wrote: > - Is it in Mir's scope as a display server to provide a client api for > configuring mir server settings like those for displays & input devices? Or > should Mir expose a mirserver API for these settings, and require the shell > to implement its own API v

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-20 Thread Gerry Boland
Hey folks, it appears this topic has gone stale, without any consensus being reached. A core issue impacting this discussion which remains undecided is the following: - Is it in Mir's scope as a display server to provide a client api for configuring mir server settings like those for displays &

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-12 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Alexandros Frantzis wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:50:14PM +0300, Alexandros Frantzis wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 02:04:00PM +1000, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > Forked from review¹. > > I think we're currently handling display configura

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-12 Thread Alexandros Frantzis
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 02:14:17PM +0100, Alan Griffiths wrote: > On 12/10/15 12:53, Alexandros Frantzis wrote: > > So, my take is that the only config that clients need to be notified > > about is the base one. Clients also need to be able to set the session > > and base configs (subject to permis

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-12 Thread Alan Griffiths
On 12/10/15 12:53, Alexandros Frantzis wrote: > So, my take is that the only config that clients need to be notified > about is the base one. Clients also need to be able to set the session > and base configs (subject to permission restrictions): I know the current scheme also has issues, but how

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-12 Thread Alexandros Frantzis
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:50:14PM +0300, Alexandros Frantzis wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 02:04:00PM +1000, Christopher James Halse Rogers > wrote: > > Forked from review¹. > > > > I think we're currently handling display configuration events incorrectly, > > or at least in a way that will b

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-01 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Gerry Boland wrote: On 01/10/15 17:55, Alan Griffiths wrote: On 01/10/15 17:20, Gerry Boland wrote: /me suspecting we'll need a doc. We will, but at the moment we're still brainstorming requirements. BTW IIRC at the pocket desktop sprint you were interest

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-01 Thread Gerry Boland
On 01/10/15 17:55, Alan Griffiths wrote: > On 01/10/15 17:20, Gerry Boland wrote: >> /me suspecting we'll need a doc. > > We will, but at the moment we're still brainstorming requirements. > > BTW IIRC at the pocket desktop sprint you were interested in additional > information in the config (e.g

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-01 Thread Alan Griffiths
On 01/10/15 17:20, Gerry Boland wrote: > /me suspecting we'll need a doc. We will, but at the moment we're still brainstorming requirements. BTW IIRC at the pocket desktop sprint you were interested in additional information in the config (e.g. EDID for monitors). -- Mir-devel mailing list Mir-

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-10-01 Thread Gerry Boland
On 30/09/15 09:16, Alan Griffiths wrote: > On 30/09/15 05:04, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: >> Forked from review¹. >> >> I think we're currently handling display configuration events >> incorrectly, or at least in a way that will be surprising to clients. > > I totally agree that the exis

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-09-30 Thread Alexandros Frantzis
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 02:04:00PM +1000, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > Forked from review¹. > > I think we're currently handling display configuration events incorrectly, > or at least in a way that will be surprising to clients. For a bit of background, the current scheme is: 1. User

Re: Client display configuration notification

2015-09-30 Thread Alan Griffiths
On 30/09/15 05:04, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > Forked from review¹. > > I think we're currently handling display configuration events > incorrectly, or at least in a way that will be surprising to clients. I totally agree that the existing behaviour is "surprising"; what isn't clear to