From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33442: 26.1.90; Cairo side-by-side windows scrolling fix should be cherry-picked Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:14:29 +0200 Message-ID: <83in0riscq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h8gc412q.fsf@gmail.com> <83wop7ivw2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542734001 23870 195.159.176.226 (20 Nov 2018 17:13:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ari.roponen@gmail.com, 33442@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 20 18:13:17 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9aO-00065b-Is for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:13:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34888 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9cU-0007dn-Tu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:15:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9cJ-0007b5-6b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:15:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9cD-00024S-Dw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:15:13 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59574) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9c9-0001zg-UE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:15:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9c9-0004fG-I2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:15:05 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:15:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33442 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33442-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33442.154273407617556 (code B ref 33442); Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:15:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33442) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Nov 2018 17:14:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35593 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9bd-0004YZ-HV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:14:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37606) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9bZ-0004Wp-TJ for 33442@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:14:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9bR-0001E5-Dw for 33442@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:14:24 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55444) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9bR-0001Df-5M; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:14:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4895 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9bQ-0002Nn-OS; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:14:21 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Dmitry Gutov on Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:16:19 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:152577 Archived-At: > Cc: 33442@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Dmitry Gutov > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:16:19 +0200 > > On 20.11.2018 17:58, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Thanks, but I'm not convinced we should backport that change. We > > don't fix every bug on the release branch, only the important onces. > > An argument could be made about the lesser impotance of stability > guarantees for the Cairo users (since it's already broken). So I'd ask > whether the given patch makes it considerably more usable, so that more > people are likely to try the --with-cairo build and submit patches/bug > reports/etc. Good point. I'd like to know the answer to that. > > And the Cairo configuration doesn't strike me as important, what with > > all the additional known bugs specific to it. > > IIRC, somebody said it's the best approach we have for supporting > Wayland someday. I think it's a worthy goal. Sure, but it needs someone to work on making it usable and on fixing the bugs. Otherwise, it's just a teaser.