Re: raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>>> (and if the reason has to do with input-focus, I'll need more info
>>> to understand what's the relationship with raise-frame).
>> 
>> If you really want to know the answer, the logical thing is to ask
>> at wm-spec-list@gnome.org (to post to that list you need to
>> subscribe at wm-spec-list-request@gnome.org, or subscribe to the
>> no-traffic list post-only@gnome.org).  If you want to summarize the
>> situation and ask the folks there, that'd be great.
>> 
>> (Though my money is on "misfeature needed for some odd reason"; I
>> think we should just apply the patch if it demonstrably works,
>> especially since it shouldn't have any harmful effects.)

Maybe not "harmful", but it does change the semantics since it fiddles
with focus.

> Yup.  Emacs central is just not the place where we want window manager
> bugs tested and reported.  It's better for our reputation and nerves
> if we just pass the buck.  It is a lesson I keep getting as a project
> manager.  You don't get points for insisting that another program
> should follow its specs when nobody else does.

Agreed.  I'm not opposing the patch, I just want to make sure that we pass
along the fact that there's a bug, and the patch should include a comment to
the effect that it's a workaround for a bug in window-manager <foo>, version
<bar>.


        Stefan